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    Hens fighting rooster/soft egg

    Awesome! Thank you I wasn’t sure if that would harm the other hens. I am still going to try and find the right hen but in the mean time I will do this!! The hens that stick out the most have names :p but it’s hard to tell a handful apart thanks soooo much for the advise!
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    Hens fighting rooster/soft egg

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    Hens fighting rooster/soft egg

    I have 23 hens all laying which is making it a bit of a trial I think it might be one of my original 6 but short of trying to sperate them in another pen(idk what that will do the the pecking order) and trying that? they all lay light brown eggs but this hen the eggs are a darker brown.
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    Hens fighting rooster/soft egg

    I am in Florida, any suggestions on figuring out which hen is laying the soft eggs? I have been trying to check through out the day but keep missing the hen I always just find the egg shell. That what I was figuring on with the roo. I had separate the the Roos yesterday for a couple hours but as...
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    Hens fighting rooster/soft egg

    I am not sure if these are related or not but I started to notice one of my hens are laying eggs maybe once or twice a week and the shell is like paper. I have 23 hens and 2 Roos (lost a couple hens to predators and illness) I have plenty of oyster shells out as an option and they don’t seem to...
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    Nesting box help

    The boxes are about 14” h x14” dx19 w
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    Nesting box help

    I am hoping for some help or ideas for my nesting boxes. I have tried both straw, pine shavings, and nesting pads(plastic). My hens keep scratching all the way to the bottom of the box and than laying which breaks or crack the eggs since there is not padding….. the plastic Mats they HATE and...
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    Please help?!

    I appreciate the help and thoughts, I am working on trying to reduce the mosquitoes around my chicken coop and for now have the 5 affected in a different coop.
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    Please help?!

    Here are some better pictures hopefully as well as some of my other hens that aren’t as bad 5 in total effected. I have the. Separated atm cause I didn’t know if they could spread it.
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    Please help?!

    I live in Florida and have marsh all around us so they are bad this time of year. Thanks so much for your thoughts
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    Please help?!

    I will try to get better pictures It’s been storming so it was dark and Rainey. Her whole comb is a big oozy “scab” that forms down over her eyes to her beak. There was white frothy stuff coming from her eyes. I tried to use a wet cloth to wipe it away. 5 other hens have combs that look the same...
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    Please help?!

    I have one hen that has covered eyes and her comb has a scabby growth and a few other hens have scabby growth on their combs but their eyes are fine
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    Mating hens

    Ok, the hens tend to lay eggs together atm. Will it make a difference to collect fertilized eggs?
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    Mating hens

    Majority of my hens are salmon fave. And some are buffs but both roosters are salmons. I’m really just aiming to keep up with meat and eggs. But since I’m new to this I don’t want to have 100’s of chicks running around
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    Mating hens

    Hello, I am new to this but wanted to try and hatch chicks, I have gotten some mixed information so thought I would start here. I have 6 laying hens (one is broody and ready to go) and I have 20 or so younger ones including 2 roosters. If I am wanting to hatch chicks should I separate a rooster...
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    merging chicks

    Thank you I will have to try that I do have multiple feeders and watering stations but in the main hen area they are all together and same with the chick area they are all together so I will try and spread them out more. Just frustrating that the hens have the same food but would much rather...
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    New Member Intro

    Hey Guys! I have been following your posts and found alot of help and have now joined for even more! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I started raising chickens last October and since than have added more! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 28! 6...
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    merging chicks

    Hello, I have 6 laying hens( buff orpingtons and black asterlorps) that I have raised and they were my first. Since they are almost a year old I have taken on 22 other chicks ( some buffs and salmon faverolle mostly) I kept the newer chicks in there own brooder until they were 3 weeks old and...
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