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I've been keeping chickens since '08. Have noticed that when I send off for replacement pullets, the original bunch suddenly begin to lay eggs to beat the band shortly after the young ones start up. This happens every time I go through this process. I can't be the only one to have experienced...

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I have a Rhode Island Red hen who has two painful bulblous growths. One on each side of her foot. She is only a year old and has had this condition for 6 months. She is a regular layer too. It is painful and she barely allows it to touch the ground and has to roost on one leg at night...

I have raised chickens going on 6 years now. We don't free range them, but they do have a 1900 sq ft run with shade and sunshine. They've long since destroyed the grass/weeds in it and eaten the bugs. I'm not bragging here, but our eggs are super delicious and far superior to store bought...

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Last year I had 5 old timers remaining of a flock of 25. They are Barred Plymouth Rock & Black Aussie breeds. They had all quit laying that winter and in early summer we got 5 newbies. They are Barred Plymouth Rock, Black Aussie, Golden Comet, and White Leghorn. After a successful...

I went to the grocery store on the way home from the dentist on April 1st. Bought a dozen brown eggs and took them home. I went out to the coop and planted 6 of them in two nests and brought in two very distinctive eggs that two of our chooks produce each morning. I was prepping a room to...

I had a flock of 5 birds, aged around 4 1/2 yrs when they stopped laying. No surprise. We don't discriminate due to age at Cluckmore House and Gardens, so they will get to live out their lives whether or not they produce. We took delivery of 5 chicks last Fall. In a few weeks we integrated...

I have raised and cared for chickens for going on 5 years. We currently have 5 retirees of our original flock of 25 and they are going to be 5 years old this April (2014) Last summer they had quit laying. No eggs for months and we were raising 5 chicks at that time. We subdivided the run...

I have 5 layers around 5 years old and 5 newbies around 8 months old. The older birds had all quit laying some time before the youngsters arrived. After they were feathered out and integrated into our aging flock, the older birds began to lay now and then. That is ongoing even now. We can...

I have a flock numbering 17 layers of age 2 1/2 yrs. They are Barred Rock, Golden Comet, Black Aussie, and Rhode Island Red. They have not been eating their feed ration much for the past 6 weeks or so. They are alert and perky, and still pounce on treats and greens, but have reduced their...

Just have suffered double loss to hawk over two days. Wondering if anyone out there can recommend a good bird netting product? Need one that will stand up to sunlight and some leaves in fall. Figured that polyethelene might be best for longevity? Run is around 1900 Sq ft. Do not need to get...

I cannot find a proper category for this, so here goes. Am wondering if anyone knows if minimum order size from various hatcheries may be changing ? I do know that many cities are now allowing small flocks of layers, usually between 6 and 8. I have a flock now numbering 19 that is 2 1/2 yrs...

A friend asked me what it wrong . Her chicks will not eat. She hatched them at home and has a brooder for that. Even putting them with the hen who helped out with the last five has been no help. They watch but do not eat. I suggested an eyedropper with warm raw milk or cream in it to start...

Just noticed yest that I have a hen swollen so big that her feet are over twice the normal distance apart. She looks like a meaty on steroids. She has quit eating, but gets around ok. I see a pale yellow oozing from her butt. Tried to coax her to eat a grape with Cascara Sagrada (natural...

I have a flock of 21 hens, 4 breeds. They are RIR, Rocks, Buff Comets, and Black Aussies. Seems that the flock sheriff is a black aussie. She will step between two squabblers and stretch to her full height and stick out her chest and just keep walking towards one of the two antagonists...

Was wondering if any BYC'rs have any chooks that do what mine do. I have a flock of presently, 21 hens, 4 breeds. One breed is listed as Buff Comet by my supplier, Myer's Hatchery of Ohio. If I scratch the backs of any one of those Buff Comets, as soon as I quit, they ruffle their feathers...

I recently answered an ad on Craigslist where a guy had 7 gallons of frozen crab apples (from a flowering crab tree). He had gotten them from a neighbor with the intention of making crab apple wine. He decided against it after finding out how much work is involved and offered to give them...

I was recently given 6 gallons of frozen crab apples by a guy. He had saved them for making wine and was too discouraged after learning how much work it is. I took them and thawed a 1/2 gallon bag. My chooks seem to like them. Was wondering if anyone on here had ever tried them for chicken...