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Thanks all for the info all. I think it best if I re introduce incadecent light gradually. Reference the red heat lamp, does that not have the same effect as a normal heat lamp? I just use flood lights in brooder relfectors which unfortunately, sucks a lot of power, but I have to keep them...

Hi, I have 9 chickens all 1-2 years old, (3 Australorps, 3 Barred Rock, and 3 Red Sex Link hybrids). I was getting 5 - 6 very large eggs a day fairly consistantly. While working on digging my septic system up 2-3 months ago, I accidently cut the power wire to my barn and lost lights. I repaired...

Hi all, I have a Buff Orpington hen who is about 6 months old. She has always been quiet and docile, which I hear is normal for that breed. Lately she has been very lathargic and sleeps most of the time, I've noticed she isn't growing nearly as fast as her 3 Australorp pen mates. She isn't being...

Hi, I have four red comets appx 1 year old that don't seem to be laying very well. I have only been getting 1 egg a day, occasionally I get 2. 2 of the chickens have been moulting for some time now . They get lots of food, fresh water and outside time. They are not hiding the eggs and I've...

Yaaaayyyy!! New chicks! To add to my 4 adult Red Comets. Today I picked up couple week old female chicks from a register breeder this time.... 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Blue Australorp, and 2 Black Australorp. Beautiful birds , and tomorrow I am getting some 1 week old Barred Rocks! I've...

I thought I was spoiling my chickens when I purchased cedar to build an Catawba style A frame tractor for my girls. However, before I started building I came accross the BYC bedding material chart which warns against cedar shavings for beddingbecause it can cause respirtory problems (don't want...

Thanks all, Good info! I originally wanted barred rocks, but couldn't locate poulets here in NS, so I went with these Comets. I will definately consider getting more of them as chicks down the road, DEFINATELY not from the supplier from which I got these. That's why I was hoping to narrow down...

OK, I know it's a broad topic, but I know I'm not alone here. IOT clear up the very confusing, the mind boggling, the Bermuda triangle of chickens.... the Red Sex Link. Can anyone define the following: 1) All the various names for Red Sex linked chickens, 2)The various combinations...

Chickenman76, you caught my attention here with the earlobe/backwards thing? Are you suggesting a RIR roo x'd with a Hampshire (or whatever they throw into the Comet cocktail) hen? What is the earlobe indication? New to chickens and you have me curious as I have 4 suspected "Red Comets". There...

Cucumber, watermellon and especially apples favourites for mine!

Hi all, First photo post for me, slick interface! I recently bought these 4 girls. The owner stated they were 10 month old Brown Comets, which I believe are a Red Sex Link variety made by combining a RIR rooster with a New Hampshire hen correct?? Does this sound right and is that what these are...

Looks somewhat similar to the 4 hens I recently picked up. The seller touted them as Brown Comets, which I believe is in the Red Sex link variety (RIR mixed with New Hampshire if I recall correctly?). Yours is more slender with more white plumage and smaller wattles so I could be out to lunch...

Outstanding! Excellent info thread! Thanks all.

I've noticed mine do it occassionally. I think it was just a matter of, "oh look there's something on the ground, guess I'll eat it".

All, Well, Everyone is alive and I everyone seems healthy. The antibiotic and electrolyte worked though it was a lot more work than the needles, which I think I might try next time (if this happens again...). I have been putting the girls outside together and just last night put them all back...

All, Thanks for the comments and advice. After a week of medicine, the girls finally appear to be doing well. The swelling is all but gone, both eyes are open, no discharge and they are struting around clucking, scratching and most importantly eating. I will discontinue the antibiotics as per...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcomes, I posted the problem in "emergencies, diseases, injuries" under Sick Pullets - please HELP!! Here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/776876/sick-pullets-please-help

Hi, new to the forum. Last weekend, I picked up 4 Red Comet pullets (I believe they are more commonly known as Red sex Links in US??) that are about 10 months old for, in retrospect a high price of $60.... At the farm I bought them from, they were all together in what I thought was a small but...

Hi everyone, been watching this forum for awhile, and finally got 4 laying pullets last weekend so I thought it was high time I joined in. I picked up four Red Comets and I've been having some issues since, so I'll post some questions in (hopefully) the appropriate forum shortly.... Even with...