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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    2 from 3 hens!
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    Egg laying question?

    I have 3 buff orpingtons which are about a year old. If I get eggs, I either get 0, 1 or 2, never 3 in one day, Wouldn't I get 3 eggs once in a while if all 3 are laying? I don't know which ones are laying the eggs, I think they are all laying. I know I could put dye on their vents but I...
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    Laying question?

    I have 3 buff orpingtons which are about a year old. If I get eggs, I either get 0, 1 or 2, never 3 in one day, Wouldn't I get 3 eggs once in a while if all 3 are laying? I don't know which ones are laying the eggs, I think they are all laying. I know I could put dye on their vents but I...
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    How many people have buff Orpingtons

    I have 3.
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    Comment by 'ubumartin' in article 'Chicken Bumper Stickers'

    I had two magnetic bumper stickers on my car and someone stole them!!! I guess they were jealous!
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    coop door opened during the night and 2 chickens died from the cold

    I shut the coop door but it opened sometime in the night.it usually latches but I didn't latch it enough and it fell open. 2 hens died I believe from getting cold. It dropped to 20s last night. I think it was the wind.they also have survived -11 one night and bitter cold single digits recently...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    Sorry missed the last post 556+4=560 4 buff orpingtons
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    483+4=487 4 buff Orpington's
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    runny nose in 9 week old hens

    I have 4 nine week old buff orpingtons. They have been sneezingand clear runny nose for 2 weeks. I am not seeing any other symptoms. Eating, lots of energy and no drainage from the eyes. I am not sure what I should do with them. I have no other chickens to worry about as they are my only...
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    Comment by 'ubumartin' in article 'Chicken Bumper Stickers'

    I am ordering more because the two I had on my car were stollen! I was so upset!!!!
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    When do you let your hens out

    I open the coop at 6 am and they jump right out to their covered pen regardless of how cold it is. I usually let them out of the pen when I get home from work. They follow me to a dog kennel that I move around the yard. But because of all of the snow, they refuse to go too far from the coop...
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    Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

    Merry Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year to you and your chickens!
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    Not eating the feed!

    My chickens are refusing to eat their layer feed. They were molting so I thought they would eat more. For some reason they refuse to eat it. I bought new feed because I noticed the end of the last bag was a little moldy. I immediately bought a new bag but since then they are not eating it...
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    does anyone else use their 13 pound dogs to herd their flock into coop

    Quote: I would have loved to see that!!! Sounds so cute! I'm glad you were able to rescue it for him.
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    does anyone else use their 13 pound dogs to herd their flock into coop

    My 70 pound lab-mix herds mine (even when I don't ask!) but overall does a great job and is very proud of it. sometimes he herds them back to the coop before I even get them out!!! He loves it. He can't wait to "help" me with them every afternoon when I get home from work.
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    Molting and Not eating layer feed

    Thanks for the advice. I will stop all treats until they seem like they are eating the feed. It is a fresh bag so I don't know what the problem is. I will just keep watching them.
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    Molting and Not eating layer feed

    First molt for my 3 buff orp's, they do not seem to be eating any of the layer feed. I have been giving treats but have noticed that I have not been filling the feeder hardly at all. I am not treating more than usual I don't think. I am getting worried but they don't seem to be starving. I...
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    Name my birthday gift

    Over the years I have had a few black and white tuxedo cats. 2 females named Misty and Marcy and a male named Patches. I am very partial to the tuxedo cats. She is very very cute! Let us know what you name her. I also think Sweet Pea is cute too!
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    Does anyone "talk" to their birds?

    Guilty here too. I talk to them all the time. I thank them for my pretty eggs every time they give them to me.
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    Am I starving my chickens at nite?

    I keep my food and water in the pen. The coop is so small (3x4)and they would get the shavings all wet. I leave the door open during the nice weather. It is a completely enclosed pen. I close them up in the winter for warmth, but I go out early to let them out. It just keeps things cleaner...
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