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  1. rollo4

    Eggs o Eggs where for art thou....

    I have three chickens that I acquired from a friend 16 months ago. They were about 18 months to 2 years. Very seldom did I get 3 eggs in a day. But I did get 1 or 2 eggs. Well, 2 of them have not laid an egg in over 3 months. I keep thinking that tomorrow I'll see an egg from these two. Is it...
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    Mis-laid eggs

    What's a roll-out nest?
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    Mis-laid eggs

    In a previous thread I asked about chickens eating their own eggs. Still happening but with less frequency. I live with it. However, of the 3 chickens I have one lays a bluish-white egg while the other 2 lay light brown eggs which are the eggs that get eaten. The white egg never is eaten. I...
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    Crab shells

    Has anyone tried feeding their chickens ground crab leg shells. We had a crab feed last night and I thought instead of throwing the empty crab shells from the legs away what if I ground them and fed them to my chickens. However, I thought it best to check with the experts first. Any comments?
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    A sick Ancona

    I have 3 chickens: 1 Ameraucana, 1 Road Island Red, and 1 that looks like a Ancona. It's the Ancona look-like that is sick. This morning she was not in the coop area when I brought them food. She's always there and is the biggest eater and more aggressive. She was in a roosting section inside...
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    Egg Eating

    The shell is the only thing that's eaten; yoke and whites (?) in a puddle. I don't have a dog but a few wild squirrels have been around for a longer time then the chickens. I doubt they are slipping through the 1" chicken wire and they are not the hole boring type. Any other suggestions?
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    Egg Eating

    I know this question has been asked before: The last 4-5 eggs laid have been eaten by my chickens. I don't know which one(s) is/are the guilty one since I have 3 chickens. I don't have the time to stand around to catch the culprit and if I did I probably wouldn't. I've read that the eat them...
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    Heat/light egg laying

    Thanks for the upfront and honest response. I have plenty of other foods to choose from for breakfast. When I embarked on the journey I probably was overly enthusiastic about getting one egg per day per chicken or 21/week. I thought I could share with my family those that I could not eat...
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    Heat/light egg laying

    I've been informed that hens don't lay much during the winter. I don't live in a cold climate (San Francisco bay area) so heat isn't as serious an issue as cold/snow areas. However, I do miss a (somewhat) steady flow of eggs (I have only 3 hens). What can I do that to my coop/roosting area that...
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    Bleeding Chicken

    This is a two part question: 1) What causes a "little" specks of blood in an egg and is it save to eat? 2) I found about 10 (+/-) drops of blood just outside the roosting area about a week after the specks of blood in the egg. Since I have 3 hens I do not know which one bled. There were no...
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    Chicken food

    I give them in a feeder a 50/50 mix of Scratch and Layer feed. It's available to them 24/7.
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    Chicken food

    Does the type, quantity, mixture of food affect the behavior of chickens? I am talking about table scraps not store bought chicken feed. I have chicken feed also in a feeder within the coop. I have 3 chickens which at one time all had been pecked at. Now one has her feathers back while the other...
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    chicken manure

    I have a few 11 gallon trash bags half full of chicken poop mixed with whatever comes up when I scoop poop. I am interested in composting the poop. I would like to hear from those that have successfully done so.
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    Drinking water

    How many days can chickens go without drinking water?
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    Chicken waterer

    Does anyone have the Chicken Waterer by Brite Tap? I read about it in the San Francisco Chronicle about 2 weeks ago. It seemed like a good sanitary way to provide water for chickens. However, I have problems in getting my chickens to take to it. I've tried what the product manufacturer suggests...
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    Injured/Pecked chicken, not sure what to do.

    I found the above info interesting but not helpful as there doesn't seem to be a full proof solution. I just recently (this week) became the owner of three 18 month old chickens. One road island red, one silverback, and one americana (sp?). Two of them are pecked at (even before I acquired...
  17. rollo4

    California - Northern

    It's not a north/south geographic boundary, albeit there is a central area. What defines n/c/s is more a way of life, attitude, culture, political division. The central is more an agricultural oriented. The south more lay back and casual probably due to better weather. The north more...
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    California - Northern

    I hail from San Mateo. Where is a good store to purchase chickens for laying eggs and when would you suggest making the purchase?
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    Sunlight

    You indicated a "damp coop is not nice". What to you specifically mean by "not nice"?
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    Sunlight

    How much sunlight should chickens get? My proposed coop location will get about 3 hrs. of sunlight per day; probably less in winter.
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