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    Chicken randomly sleeping in nest box.

    Maybe? That crossed my mind as well. She's out and about this morning though, so who knows? Maybe thategg just took an extra long time? It was just weird that when I nudged her, she didn't budge. My boyfriend says I worries about these girls like a new mom worries about her babie, lol.
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    Chicken randomly sleeping in nest box.

    Ok, so I went out to check for eggs around 630 tonight. One of my girls was in a nest box, nothing unusal. So I went out again at 10 pm to gather up any last eggs for the day and she's still in there? I don't have a problem with tgem trying to sleep in best boxes. I nudged her a bit to see if...
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    Toenails turning white

    3 separate chickens
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    Toenails turning white

    I'll try to get some tomorrow.
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    Toenails turning white

    I noticed my chickens toenails suddenly turning white. Is this normal? Or something i should be concerned about?? Thanks in advance! :-)
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    Feather eating

    ok, thank you. I'll work on the run to make it more interesting for them. I do have tgem free ranging tiday. My worry is that they'll go too far an run into a neighbors dog :-/ I do have another fence panel that I just haven't gotten around to putting up yet that will double their space, I...
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    Feather eating

    I have 7 birds. The coop is about 4x4 but they have anytime access to their run which is currently 10x10. 5 are about 10 months and 2 are about 6 months old.
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    Feather eating

    Please help! Seems I have feather eaters in my flock. I first noticed one of my girls with chewed feathers, she looks pretty ratty. Yesterday another turned up looking the same, chewed and ratty. I saw 4 girls go after her and take chunks of feathers from her back, including the first...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I do put a but if braggs vinegar in the water, maybe not enough though? How much do you use? I believe my bucket waterer hold 3 gallons.
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    never thought chicken keeping would be so ninja-like! !! Lmao, I love it!
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    *UPDATE* it is in fact feather picker/eaters. I caught 4 of my girls in the act and they are now preying on a second girl as well :-( How can I stop this behavior? ?? So far I picked up a big bag of black oil sunflower seeds to help with their protein. How much of this should I be feeding?
  12. aemore24

    Help, chewed feathers??

    *UPDATE* it is in fact feather picker/eaters. I caught 4 of my girls in the act and they are now preying on a second girl as well :-( How can I stop this behavior? ?? So far I picked up a big bag of black oil sunflower seeds to help with their protein. How much of this should I be feeding?
  13. aemore24

    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    ok, great. Thank you! Didn't see any creepy crawlies yet, I keep checking. I'll add some extra protein :-) And yes, she did come from you! They are all doing great by the way :-)
  14. aemore24

    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I think they sound badass, lol.
  15. aemore24

    Help, chewed feathers??

    what other causes would you say it could be???
  16. aemore24

    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I was under the impression they wouldn't be laying while molting? Am I wrong? She's laying strong so I wasn't even considering that she could be molting.
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    how would i tell if that could be the problem???
  18. aemore24

    Newbie here!

    lol, if I think about it I'll try to get a photo of her. She is a pretty girl :-)
  19. aemore24

    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I thought they generally don't molt their first year? Or am I wrong? Also, she's still laying like a champ!
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    She really is amazing!! :-)
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