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  1. Betsyann

    when should they start laying?

    Hi We got 3 light Brahmas, 3 silver wyandottes and 4 blue anadolins in May that were appox. a week old. We were wondering when they should start laying? Thank you
  2. Betsyann

    Help for a newbie

    We have 12 rhode island reds. Our neighbor has the same amount from the same group. Same conditions all around but we have some major problems with ours. 1. We must have a feather eater as 1/2 of the girls look like refuges. 2. We also have at least one egg eater. We were getting on average...
  3. Betsyann

    looking for some help

    hi we have a dozen rhode island reds that were producing very nicely until about May when they started to molt. We waited it out and it improved but then we noticed that the backsides of some of the birds were still featherless and red. Now we will 1 or 2 a day sometimes 6 but not a lot of...
  4. Betsyann

    dying chicken

    Hi all we have a group of 12 rhode island reds they are about 14 months old. Found one in the yard that was not looking right at about 12 yesterday. Am typing this at about 6 today and this bird is dying. No motors skills just head dropping and not moving and not eating.......... everything i am...
  5. Betsyann

    molting

    We have 12 rhode island reds and live in new england They are a year old and are molting now. everything i have read says that they molt in the fall to winter but mine have a lot of bare bottoms.... some have missing tops. Is this common to molt in March and affect only the bottoms?
  6. Betsyann

    Will a light bulb keep chickens warm in the winter?

    so i am a newbie too and have some questions about light/heat etc. we live on cape cod ( new england) so winter can be iffy either way. do we need to have a light to keep them laying ? do we need to have a light to keep them warm. we have 12 rhode island reds with a new coop that doesn't...
  7. Betsyann

    coop yard is very "ripe" :)

    we are going to give the sand a try. waiting to get a damp morning and then cleaning off a layer of uck LOL and then replacing with sand. hope this will work. spread some tonight and seemed to help a little but our run doesn't dry out well.
  8. Betsyann

    coop yard is very "ripe" :)

    and what is D.E.?? :)
  9. Betsyann

    coop yard is very "ripe" :)

    to rock isle home, we tried wood shavings and it freaked the hens out so much they wouldn't come out of the coop for almost two days. ( was kinda funny but what ever) so we will try this and see if it will work. Thanks to you all.
  10. Betsyann

    coop yard is very "ripe" :)

    so how much do we add and do we just cover the area that seems to smell? ANd would be a good idea to cover the run to stop this from happening? thanks again
  11. Betsyann

    coop yard is very "ripe" :)

    Hi, we are new to this and our run after it rains stinks to high heaven and we are not sure what direction to go first. Is there any easy way to block the odor with out making our chickens nuts ( my husband spread out shavings and none of the girls would come out of the coop too funny ) we...
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