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Thanks for the responses... their combs are red, they are happy and healthy, I do not let them range free but in a fenced area so they are not hiding them. I would put the two older pullets about 7 months and was expecting something... At 49 cents a dozen from ALDI I am good for now... I am...

So I have 15 chickens, 8 I bought from Cackle and they are Great... they were hatched on August 2. I added 2 Older pullets to the coop which I think were maybe 2 months older than the chicks. One of them is a Polish, she was acting weird maybe 2 weeks ago so I thought maybe time for some eggs, I...

I use Paver underlayment purchased from Lowes and it works perfect. I bought some from Home Depot but it seems to have larger pebbles in it, the Lowes is perfect. The reason is I took a plastic bin, cut the bottom off it and put a piece of 1/4 inch hardware cloth in it, I rake and sift the poop...

I am under the impression that the vaccination has to be done within a day or two of birth...

I immediately buried her this morning, thanks for all the responses and help, it's great having this site for help and advice

She was gone this morning... After reading a response from coach723 above, Marek's seems the most likely, I read the attachment and the description was spot on... I have 2 coops, 1 with 8 vaccinated "layers" I bought from Cackle and they are great (4 months old) with a Brabanter and polish that...

I checked with my finger and I did not feel any egg so she must be sick, she is just laying there like on her side like she can't stand up on her own... I did throw some meal worms in again and she at them... kind of weird and sudden....

this would be the first egg... she is pooping kind of normal, now she is just laying on her side some shaking, the weather her in FL is nice, I put the heat tray I used on my chicks in the bin over her not too close, I will ck and get back with the finger ck...

My roughly 5 month old Pullet D'uccle was just sitting on the ground the other day... she is usually active but looked sickly, no prior issues... I seperated her and just observing, she is eating live meal worms but very lethargic... I am thinking she is egg bound(would be first), I put her in a...

I let mine roam around in a plastic fenced in area for about an hour a day also... I have been to several places that had many chickens near me and they all had dirt floors or compacted pine chips... it seems like I always went after rain or should I say every day it rained this summer...

you can get large bags of chips at Tractor Supply... here they are $5.99... recently on sale 2 for $10

I have also heard/read the lung cancer issue but their life expectancy would negate that problem as you said... I guess I could really get anal and use reverse osmosis water for them...:hmm

permethrin works great, but I still dust my coop every few days with DE as a precaution and seems to work as a preventative... my philosophy is do everything you can that is safe and severely limit problems, or so I think:confused:

I have been using sand (paver underlayment) and it works great here in Fl... I take a small rake and make small piles, then I use a sifter pan which catches the poop, leaves, small sticks, etc... I mix some baking soda and DE in occasionally, it is easy to take care of and does not stink... I...

I vote SPACEY LAND... OZ... HHMMM LOL :lol:

There was a story of a guy in Texas a few weeks ago cut a rattlesnake head off and got bit when the head was off, was in the hospital a few days...:idunno

Next time you tell your husband to feed a poisonous snake to your chicks, tell him to cut the head off and there will be no need for concern... :hmm

I ordered 6 pullets from Cackle recently and they sent 8... the extra Barred Rock was easy to tell but the other was not... I called them and they had the info on the computer, it was an extra Easter Egger, totally different coloring from the other one they sent...

Permethrin definitely works, I had an ant problem, not severe, sprayed the run about a week ago and haven't seen any ants in the run (I use coarse sand)... I am chasing and spraying new piles of fresh dirt they throw up on the lawn daily as they keep moving around, but nothing in the run again...

I just started out keeping chickens... I have shavings on the pans in the coop, I use baking soda and DE for the smell and bugs, seems to work great here in Florida... I am using coarse sand in my 10x10 run and I LOVE it! I can just rake it around, they peck at it for grit, it has been raining...