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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    Well they finally started laying eggs 1 at a time like a day between each so far im up to 8 eggs a day i have 11 chickens lol but i got an egg yesterday the size of a golf ball and a half i was told its probably a double yoker all i can say is WOW that poor chicken that egg fits perfectly in the...
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    So figured i would give an update because i know it has been awhile but all my chickens are doing great and some have recently started laying eggs first it was one egg for about 4-5 days then 2 yesterday was 3 i woke up this morning to let them out and low and behold 5 eggs all in the same...
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    Hello

    LOL they already stay around their coop when i do let them out of it until i come out then i get mobbed by a flock of chickens and i dont pick them up and such but i will pet them when they let me one of the chickens really like me scratching her back lol and i do know i give them oregano when i...
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    Hello

    Also this is the food i bought them. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/dumor-poultry-grower-finisher-15-feed-50-lb?cm_vc=IOPDP2
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    Hello

    Ok thanks very much and curious what part of texas i lived in texas a few years down in Red Oak bout 20 miles south of dallas
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    Hello

    Yes the hens are supposed to be laying eggs around late this month - sometime next month so they are well over 18 weeks i'm pretty sure and i checked tractor supply that's the best place i could find around here and could not find flock raiser that's why i got the crumbles its says on the bag it...
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    Hello

    My chickens are so much happier since i started letting them out of their coop the rooster didnt like it at first and tried his best to get back in now they still stay around their coop but they can walk around if they wish to i leave the coop open when i let them out and close it at night when...
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    Well i walked out to check my chickens today after i let them out of the coop and i was walking towards their coop and all the sudden i had a flock of chickens running towards me and stopped and just starred at me lol.
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    Well i had seen the mites at first but i thought it was dirt on the coop and never really thought anything about it then a while later i felt them crawling on me around when the first chicken died but never thought something so small could kill a chicken. So again it all comes back to the...
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    Well thing is i have never had chickens before i know nothing about them but whilst treating them with dust i noticed tons of them under the poor chickens wings i do not know how long they have had them i can say the first time i saw the mites i thought it was dirt on the doors of the coop and...
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    I sprayed the hell out of everything in the coop and let it dry well my brother did i made him do the spraying and the dusting with the stuff one got it on her face and head but i think she will be fine and tractor supply is where i bought both my items maybe you can order there if you ever need...
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    New here

    Welcome to the Funny Farm lol sorry had to but this is for sure a great place and very helpful.
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    i bought a metal 3 gallon circle pan and poured sand in it and they found a place to dust bath when they are out of their coop as well. This is what i have the sand in https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/behrens-utility-pan-3-gal-capacity
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    i bought the right stuff then for feed and mite control?
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    Hello

    So i went to tractor supply and bought them this feed i think its good.? https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/dumor-poultry-layer-16-crumble
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    so after discovering it was chicken mites killing my chickens i went and bought some stuff to sprinkle on them and spray for the coop i trimmed their flying feathers and let them out of the pin they didnt like that part and kept going back in lol but now they are happy and they found a dusting...
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    Well i figured out whats been killing my birds.... They have chickens mites and after some research and my sister in-law i found that they can kill chickens which would explain no marks and everything.
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    well no wounds that i could see its just the way they were facing it seems like something was on their back and they were looking back to try and peck at it or just see what it was and with my coop being small with him in there they wouldn't be able to get away. Does the vet charge to do that?
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    No wounds but i did notice feathers laying around and one of it looked like maybe his tail feather
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    Found Chicken Dead Today?!

    Yeah i couldn't stomach that but i also noticed that 2 of the chickens were pinned against walls one inside the house part the other against the fence part one appeared to have a broken neck i say this because when i was removing the bird its whole body was completely stiff but its neck and head...
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