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    Molt Mystery

    They have always had a 250 watt heat lamp in the winter...
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    Molt Mystery

    I have a mixed flock (12) RIR & Creme Legbar hens about 2 years old ... I was gettin 3-4 eggs/day & like a faucet they shut off.... Feathers everywhere so I'm guessing a molt but in the spring ??? What could have thrown the entire flock into a molt at the same time in the spring? I'm 70 & have...
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    Hens weren't the problem... lol

    Ain't it the truth!.. Still haven't caught the intruder(s)
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    Hens weren't the problem... lol

    One of the concrete blocks I had buried along the front of the coop years ago had settled just enough for the possum to get into the run & my pop door was open.... First breach I've had in 15 years...
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    Hens weren't the problem... lol

    Yuup! He's hit me for 5-6 dozen eggs over a three week period! He's dined here for the last time...
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    Hens weren't the problem... lol

    One of the concrete blocks I had buried along the front of the coop years ago had settled just enough for the possum to get into the run & my pop door was open.... First breach I've had in 15 years...
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    chickens eating their eggs,

    I feel your pain! Just posted here with the same problem.... I'm nearly 70 & have had birds most of my life & this is a first for me! I just expanded my flock & run but I'm ready to throw in the towel at this point...
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    Hens Eating Eggs...

    Yeah I tried the eggs filled with food coloring/yellow mustard & they ate those too without getting a drop on them ... LOL
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    Hens Eating Eggs...

    Yuup! Been going on a couple of weeks... Losing 5-6 eggs per day from a flock of 15... Trying to get a camera set up to find the culprit(s) & they are toast or should I say soup lol
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    Hens Eating Eggs...

    For the first time in my nearly 70 years I have a hen(s) eating 2-3 eggs daily from a mixed flock of 15 (Legbar & RIR) that are 18 months old... I've researched the problem (ie. ceramic nesting eggs, increase in calcium, etc, etc....) to no avail.... First I need to figure out who the...
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    What Are You Using For A Fount?

    Yeah I'm approaching 70 and have had birds throughout my life but I discovered how little I knew until BYC came along...
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    What Are You Using For A Fount?

    Yeah my wife calls my coop/run "The Taj Mahal"... Obviously what you're doing is working and I've always known the coop can be too warm ... I monitor my coop wirelessly to monitor temps... As a kid our chickens barely had a roof over their head and they survived so I'm not sure where my...
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    What Are You Using For A Fount?

    Your chickens leave the coop when it's -20F? My flock is kept inside the coop in temperatures that cold... I guess I'm being too cautious... My girls would look at me like "You want us to go WHERE ? 😆
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    What Are You Using For A Fount?

    Here in NE Kansas the winters are far too harsh to leave their waterer outside, therein lies the issue.... I do have the font outside weather permitting but when the bitter cold arrives I'm forced to move their water inside the coop & place it on a heater...
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    What Are You Using For A Fount?

    Once again I'm finding the floor of my coop flooded due to a leaking fount.... I can't seem to find a fount that lasts more than a few months before it starts leaking 😕.... I currently have a flock of 16 hens.... What does everyone use for watering your flock?
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    Cream Legbar Pullets Not Laying...

    One of my Easter Eggers has finally produced!
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    Cream Legbar Pullets Not Laying...

    They also get some produce from my garden (ie. tomatoes, watermelon, cukes,zukes...) plus BOSS when there's no produce..
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