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    Molting or Too Much Rooster Attention?

    I have 30 chickens total, 2 of whom are roosters. I had always "heard" that this was a good ratio of hens to roosters. My roosters are one and a half years old. What's the deal?
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    Molting or Too Much Rooster Attention?

    Many of my hens have a spot where their tail meets their back where the feathers are missing. Some are worse than others. Poor Shirley (pictured here) is the worst. Is this molting or are my roosters doing this to them?? Here is another hen, Charlotte:
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    Hey, you never know, it might work! I would have never guessed it was the solution until I saw it with my own eyes
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    Another funny thing is that now my other Marans has decided this new nest box pair is THE place to lay, and you can often catch the two chickens side by side in those two boxes, laying their happy dark Marans eggs.
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    Thanks! Chickens ARE weird sometimes... ain't that the truth! She has been steadily laying an egg every day since that first one.
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    Hi there!! Welcome to chicken-hood! It's so much fun :) I started out thinking I would just have 3 or 4 and now I have 34! Make sure you join the Tallahassee backyard poultry group on fb. There's much to be learned... and swaps and such. It's great.
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    Here it is between a bantam Easter egger egg and our other Marans' egg. :-D
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    Thanks! Yes, she's definitely at the bottom of the pecking order along with our one silkie and an Australorp. We had 3 nest boxes for the 12-13 currently laying hens. We just built two more, lower to the ground and on a different wall. I think I agree with you. Perhaps she felt intimidated by...
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    Congrats to you too! Victory at figuring out the right set-up! For us, I don't think lighting is the problem since we live in sunny old Florida and the chickens have an open-air coop with skylights in the roof. ;-)
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    She laid an egg! She laid an egg! Seriously. It was her first one and very obviously because it was small. The interesting part is that we just built a new set of nest boxes on a different wall of the coop area to add to the ones we had. She was immediately interested in them and spent two...
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    Charlotte the New Hampshire Red

    A photo album dedicated to my favorite chicken!
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    I'm so sure, I would even bet money on it. I study my chickens behaviors very carefully. I work from home so I spend many days sitting out in our chickens area with my laptop working and I watch them. not only that but I only have two Marans chickens and their eggs are unlike any of my other...
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    13 Month Old Marans Never Laid An Egg

    My Blue Copper Marans is 13 months old and has never produced an egg. She is at the bottom of the pecking order of about 20. She also seems to be kind of dumb and goofy compared to the others. Is it a Marans thing? (I only have one other and she is normal.) Is any of this related? Will she EVER...
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    What's the best litter for a large chicken run?

    I agree with this. For your size, (smaller than mine, but too big for shavings!) you should look into getting sand. And possibly a cover. We helped a friend put in a covered run around their small coop that was about that size. We used clear plastic roofing (think: wavy looking greenhouse...
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    What's the best litter for a large chicken run?

    My run is an area that includes trees, shrubs, leaves, dirt, etc. and functions just fine without adding anything to it. It's fairly large, but trying to cover it with shavings or any other foreign material would become unmanageable. What is the size of the run? Do you really need shavings?
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    Chick with cross beak *pics*

    I didn't think I would be wanting breed her. Never crossed my mind I guess. She is more of a pet who should provide some eggs for us to eat one day (fingers crossed!). I was mostly curious if the breed is known for popping up cross beaked.
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    At what age do Black Australorps begin to lay their first eggs???

    I have two RIR's that lay every day along with my newly laying Australorp and their eggs are noticeably darker in shell color than the Australorp's. Perhaps that can help? I know know individuals vary...
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    "Would you tell my family what gender I am?" the little white silkie said.

    Interesting. I've never heard any of my hens crow. Maybe because there are always plenty of roosters doing it?
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