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Majesty is gorgeous and huge. She's also a gentle giant. I was able to purchased Calcium Citrate "petites" at Walmart. I had to laugh at myself asking about them taking a pill--I've seen them literally inhale a nightcrawler! lol

Thank you! I began giving Majesty calcium citrate and vitamin D3 immediately. She didn't lay for three days. Her first egg yesterday was perfect, as was todays! I'm encouraged and hopeful this will be the fix she needs. I also have offered extra D3 to my other pullets and my older hens in...

How do you pop a pill into a chicken?

I would be interested in knowing the dosage, too! I will be picking up some immediately after church today! How many mg are the calcium tablets? Thank you!!!!

I'm so thankful for your post. I, too, have a Midnight Majesty Maran that has EXACTLY what you described. She started laying at 18 weeks --I was expecting more like 28 weeks--started off laying beautiful eggs and then all of the sudden started laying more than one and the shells were exactly...

Sorry, I posted two of the same. It's a 4X4 coop, not counting the nesting box space. We have had 7 hens in there with our first flock. There are two roosting bars. My avatar is our coop as well.

Our four youngins' have been in with the two 2 year-olds for four weeks now. There was the natural bullying from the two big mamas but everyone was staying in the coop. Two hens had their tail feathers systematically pulled out while in the coop. One has been been laying now for two weeks so...

I'm so glad I read these posts! I've been really worried about my young ones and the big mamas! I put my young ones (just four of them) in the big coop when they were 16 weeks. There wasn't a blood bath, but my two Australorp hens (2 years old) immediately pulled out the tail feathers of one...

Thank you! This is all such good advice and encouragement!

Thank you! I'm hoping they'll go in at their normal time. The littles usually are in their coop right now about 30 minutes before the big hens.

Thank you, Cindy! I'm content to see if they will go in the coop on their own tomorrow night. If not, then I will probably have to try and catch them the next night, get them in the coop, and let the big girls go in on their own. The are VERY safe to stay outside in the run for a night. I...

Hi Everyone! I hope you are all doing well during our various stages of lockdown. I need to know if I'm thinking correctly or off my rocker! LOL My two Australorp hens (2 years old) are currently in a large coop with nesting boxes. We have had four teenagers in a "mini coop" but they are...

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Good Morning, Y'all! I hope your chickens are keeping you distracted during our quarantine. I have a bit of a dilemma. I have three 2-year-old Australorp hens -- and four 9-week-old chicks (variety of breeds Wyandotte, Sapphire Gem and Midnight Majesty Maran). The ratio for introduction is...

My 8 week old Golden Laced Wyandotte doesn’t have any developed comb or wattle.

I have three Australorps. YES! They can been quite mournful! Usually, I find them loudly mourning in the morning when I haven't let them out of the coop just yet. The next time during the day is when they are getting close to laying an egg. I usually just tell them to go lay the egg! LOL...

Our run is also a chain link kennel 8’x20’, with 3’ tall 1/2” hardware cloth on the outside Of the chain link that goes 8” into the ground. We don’t have opossums in our part of our state but we have raccoons and weasels! We’ve never had a problem. Our girls are also locked in their coop which...

Very Interesting. I would have a hard time separating her at this time of year.