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  1. ebonykawai

    is it normal?

    Thanks for the feedback! As long as it's relatively normal, I'm fine with it. They laid all last winter, being their first winter, so I didn't expect that they would totally quit this season. They got through their moult just fine and are fat and happy again, lol. I don't mind waiting.
  2. ebonykawai

    is it normal?

    I haven't gotten an egg since end of November. I have 8 RIRs, this is their second winter. They are from a breeder and started laying quite late (6-7 mos old). Always laid well, until the fall when I had a few broodies, then some started molting. I don't use light or heat, just let them go...
  3. ebonykawai

    Anyone else having my problem?

    Yeah, it's just the way it goes, for the most part. I've been getting less since early Sept. Had some broodies, then the molt started. Now I'm getting usually 2 eggs a day form 8 hens. Sometimes 1, sometimes none.
  4. ebonykawai

    Sudden Chicken Death Syndrome?

    What is the charge for this kind of thing?
  5. ebonykawai

    Sudden Chicken Death Syndrome?

    I just lost a hen today. Glad to find this thread. It's frustrating and sad. She was always healthy, perfectly fine yesterday, eating, drinking, having snack with all the others yesterday evening. This morning, I went out to open the run door and let them out for the day, and she was laying in...
  6. ebonykawai

    Some More Advice on my Broody Hen

    I've had 6 broodies this spring and summer, and they seem to be done now. I tried the two different ways: I didn't have a wire cage early on, so I kept removing my broodies from the nest. That did nothing. Then I built an outdoor chicken jail and kept them in there. That was OK, but they still...
  7. ebonykawai

    2009 is The Year of the Broodies....and ANOTHER One...(PICS)

    I have 10 RIR, 4 of which have been broody so far. "RIRs rarely go broody."
  8. ebonykawai

    Molting Question

    Are they free ranging? My birds eat wayyyy less layer feed in the warmer months than over the winter. If you're ranging them, they are probably finding plenty of food on their own. Extra protein works. I give mine black oil sunflower seeds as a high protein snack. It's really good for them, in...
  9. ebonykawai

    broody for a month, questions, please help

    Quote: I re-homed my roo months ago. Too much trouble, lol.
  10. ebonykawai

    broody for a month, questions, please help

    Quote: Really? I got that from these forums. It seems to work. My one broody is done! One more to go...
  11. ebonykawai

    broody for a month, questions, please help

    How do you manage the food and water?
  12. ebonykawai

    broody for a month, questions, please help

    Another question because I'm thinking of getting a wire cage. Does the bottom need to be wire too, or just solid metal? I can't find anything with an actual wire bottom. And how do you keep the food and water from spilling? I tried a dog crate a couple months ago for my other broody and the...
  13. ebonykawai

    broody for a month, questions, please help

    I have 2 hens that have been broody for going on a month now. They aren't sitting on eggs, I dunk them in cold water a couple times a day and put them in an outside chicken jail, so they stay away from the nests. Why are they going past 21 days?? Has anyone experienced this? Thanks!
  14. ebonykawai

    what do your chickens do in the winter?

    Mine are out all winter, even in the snow. I generally shovel some areas for them to hang out in. The forge their own paths, too. We're in western NY, near Niagara Falls and Buffalo.
  15. ebonykawai

    How many of you have molting birds right now

    Many of mine are in a mini molt. A couple look terrible, lol.
  16. ebonykawai

    Help, Girls have stopped laying

    Mine are in a mini molt, 2 of these are broody, and I'm down to 4 eggs a day from 10 hens. Nothing to do but wait it out.
  17. ebonykawai

    How do you stop a broody hen?

    It's annoying me to no end. I'm hardly getting any eggs these days, only about 5 from 10 hens. I was getting 9 a day. I also dunk my broody's bottoms in a pail of cold water. That seems to speed up the end of broodiness. At least it did last time. The two I have right now are worse than the last...
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