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  1. kjbills

    Hens not laying

    So, within two days of posting and dusting the coop and the girls my two youngest hens began laying again. I have no idea if there is any correlation but I am so happy. Thanks again for your help and encouragement!
  2. kjbills

    Hens not laying

    Thank you for your thoughts. I have gone ahead and dusted them again with a poultry dust I had gotten at the local Tractor Supply. We also worked on cleaning out all of the coop and run and dusted in there, including their laying box. I sure hope this works and will definitely re-dust again...
  3. kjbills

    Hens not laying

    We have three hens, one is 3 1/2 years old and the other two are just a little over a year old. During the winter we used a lamp in our coop mid-way into fall and through the first part of winter until the lamp caught fire. Thankfully there wasn't any damage and all the birds were fine. They...
  4. kjbills

    Noisy hen (or rooster???)

    Thank you for your replies. Since I posted this a few days ago, Sunny has been really quiet. I don't know if our older, bossy hen put her back in her place or what but Sunny hasn't crowed anymore. Not sure if she's just taking a reprieve or if it was a very temporary thing...something she was...
  5. kjbills

    Noisy hen (or rooster???)

    Hello, this is a picture of one of my new hens, Sunny. We knew that she was a talkative bird, but a couple of mornings ago, when she woke up and was making her normal noises, she let out a couple of crows. At first I wasn't sure if what I was hearing was crowing as it sounded kinda hoarse...
  6. kjbills

    New here and need some advice

    Thank you. Very helpful information and I've always enjoyed reading The Chicken Chick's blog but hadn't seen this one. Well, so far I haven't removed our bully because I'm a little baffled by the younger girls' behavior. This morning, our older hen went inside the coop and stayed there for...
  7. kjbills

    New here and need some advice

    Hi, I'm new to the forum but have read many posts from time to time. Just joined this morning so I could ask for some advice. My family has been keeping hens for 3 years. Two years ago we moved and had to cut our flock down from 5 to 3 hens. This winter one of our girls died and a couple of...
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