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Thank you very much. I just found three of the chickens trying to lay amount the fallen leaves on my potting bench so I will definitely lock them in for a few days. I've been down eggs lately so who knows where else they have been laying!

Thank you for your reply. I have four boxes made out of wooden crates. They have used all four of them until this week, when they started laying by the window. My coop is attached to the run but I do not have food or water in it, which is why I thought keeping them in the run/coop for a few days...

I have a small flock of six chickens and several of them have started laying outside of the coop in the flower garden under one of my windows this week. One of the chickens had been broody until about a week ago (she has not started laying yet after being broody) and I'm wondering if her...

Yes, she was one of the first ones to begin laying again, which is why I'm wondering what might be going on.

Thank you. I will keep an eye on her. Other than not laying and occasionally finding her in the coop she is behaving as she always has.

One of my chickens, who has been broody that past two summers, has not laid an egg for the past week. She looks healthy with a bright red comb and eats and free ranges with the rest of the chickens. I am finding her, however, in the coop standing or sitting next to the nesting boxes but not...

Thank you! There is plenty of bedding in the boxes but I'll add a couple fake eggs. I forgot that I had to do that a number of years ago when I first got chickens.

I hope someone can help me as I have not had this problem before! I have four pullets and a couple have just begun to lay over the past three days. Although they have been checking out the nesting boxes in the coop, they have started laying their first eggs outside in a corner by a tall wooden...

I've been dealing with mites on and off for a couple of months now it had been going fairly well until a few days ago when I saw mites on some of the eggs again. After checking the girls I found that all of them had some mites around their vents and I found mites in the nesting boxes when I...

Thank you so much for this information @azygous. Olivia continues to eat, drink, and free range, although I found her resting by herself several times today. She's also been going to roost earlier than the others. My hunch is that she is ill so I'll keep a close eye on her and monitor her...

I hope someone is able to help figure out what is going on with my 12 month old Easter Egger Olivia, who has been laying eggs with only a yolk for the past week. I posted this a few days ago in the forum relating to egg laying but am now wondering if her symptoms may be related to Marek's. I got...

It is a cracked grain/meal layer feed and yes, they are eating the oyster shells. I will give Olivia her own breakfast as you suggest and hopefully that will help. Thank you!

I hope someone can help me figure out why one of my chickens (12 months old) has started to lay eggs that appear to be only yolks with no whites or shell. I first noticed what I thought was simply the remains of what had been a broken egg about a week ago so cleaned it up and didn't think much...

Thank you @igorsMistress. Hopefully the rest of my flock will continue to do well. One more evening of -20 degree temps then we'll be back up above zero!

Thank you @Jp617. Since all five of my chickens that died had symptoms of Marek's and the two necropsies indicated it as well, I know I have it here.

Thank you @ladybrasa. I'm so glad to hear you have been pleased with McMurray's. After losing close to half of the chickens I've had to Marek's I know it's on my property and feel vaccinating any new chickens I add to my flock is necessary. And McMurray's is about a 3 hour drive so I could...

Thank you so much @NatJ for this information about McMurray Hatchery. Getting 4-week old chicks sounds like it might be a good option fo me.

Thank you for this information. I have wild turkeys on my property... is that turkey breed you are referring to? At this time I was thinking that yes, I would need to only add vaccinated chicks to my flock. Your suggestion of building a flock of Marek resistant chickens is interesting and...

Thank you so much for your help!

I was thinking the same thing as continuing to get chickens from the same breeder will most likely yield the same results. I would like to not have to vaccinate any new chicks but it's clear that I have Marek's on my property and not doing so is taking a big gamble with their long term outlook...