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    First Time Broody - Candling Help Needed! Pics!

    After reading several forums on here and studying photos, we decided to candle again in a darker space and study the eggs for veins and dark spots. Good news! 4 of the 8 definitely have veins and a dark spot. There are 2 we are uncertain about and 2 we think are duds. We are going to wait on...
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    First Time Broody - Candling Help Needed! Pics!

    We’ve had 4 hens for about a year now. A couple of them had been broody before but none since we got them until a couple weeks ago. Our BCM “Scramble” went broody and I couldn’t break her. It was pretty clear she was committed. SO, I got 8 fertile eggs from a local breeder. 6 of the eggs are on...
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    Winterizing? How cold is too cold?

    Hi friends!! This is our first winter with chickens and we are curious about heating the coop. I’ve read mixed things so I’m just not sure what to do. We are in Nashville, TN and unfortunately it’s already quite cold (30s and 40s overnight). I understand that they are cold hardy birds and don’t...
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    Laying Broken/Soft Shelled Eggs

    Will we know for sure when our birds are molting? Feathers everywhere? I was told here and another post that the fall molt was near but doesn’t seem like we’ve had a total feather loss here yet... the hens are still laying and actually more often than ever...
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    Ameraucana Not Laying

    Coming back to update that “Clucker” our formerly broody and pecked on Ameraucana laid her first egg 5 days ago and laid her second today! They are pretty small and a strange oblong shape that we assume will even out. After I posted the original post, there were about 2 weeks when our birds...
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    Laying Broken/Soft Shelled Eggs

    She’s under 2 years but I don’t know exactly. We have another Maran who lays every other day or so without issue. I know they aren’t high production birds but assumed she’d lay at least 1 egg a week but that isn’t the case. ‍♀️ I am in Tennessee and I’ve been told the fall molt is near.
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    Laying Broken/Soft Shelled Eggs

    One of our hens - a Black Copper Maran - has been a very inconsistent layer since we got her. We bought her as a full grown hen and were told she lays a few eggs a week. The first egg she laid was broken and had a soft shell. We had already added oyster shells to their diet and even switched...
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    Hi from Nashville!

    My husband and I are new to the world of backyard chickens and just got 4 hens last Monday! We have a French Copper Maran, a Black Maran, an Ameraucana, and an Isa Brown. We found BYC when researching coops, feed, breeds, etc leading up to our decision to get chickens! It’s been super helpful...
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    Ameraucana Not Laying

    Seems lots of chicken people have different opinions on how much space is needed for each bird. We researched it in depth and chose what we read the most and thought to be reasonable. We built the coop and run ourselves so it isn’t a store bought thing and we intentionally made it bigger than...
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    Ameraucana Not Laying

    I’m not sure of the exact size of the run that’s under the coop... I think 5’x3’. The coop house is fairly small but plenty of nesting space (2 boxes for 4 birds) and the roost space easily fits 5 chickens and we only have 4. I’m not sure what the size of the coop that they used to live in was...
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    Ameraucana Not Laying

    We got 4 hens from a breeder who was downsizing a little over a week ago. She said they are all between 1-2 years old and all were currently laying. The Ameraucana was broody and she moved her off her nest when we bought her. She had been sitting on an unfertilized egg for 3 weeks at the same...
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    How long do Lice nits last, do they ever fall off?

    Did you figure anything out about the eggs at the base of the feathers? We have 3 hens with lice and the eggs are awful. We've treated for adult lice and the lice are gone but these eggs...
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    We have persistant lice that will not die

    We are also battling lice here. We got 4 hens from a breeder closing up shop... 24 hours after we got them home, we caught them all to look them over and saw that 3 of 4 had adult lice and AWFUL lice eggs on TONS of feathers. It was really terrible on many levels. I consulted a poultry vet as...
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