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    Trying to get sexlink chicks

    I have some Plymouth Barred Rock hens that I have been pleased with, but I'm tired of growing out chicks to find that most of them are roos. I am considering getting a Buckeye rooster with the hope that if I breed him with the Barred Rocks they will produce black sexlink chicks. I know it is...
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    Help! Chickens Dying

    The coop is approx. 14x20 with plenty of roosts for all the birds. Two of the males, both of which died, were cockerels that were headed to freezer camp next week (we thought they were hens until a couple weeks ago). Our main rooster is pretty chill even with them around. Thank you for your...
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    Help! Chickens Dying

    Thank you for the encouragement! I may save future one, if any, and take them in to a vet for a look.
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    Help! Chickens Dying

    We live out in the middle of nowhere. The only place they go besides our property is to forage in the alfalfa field beside us that has been cut down since the end of September. We get our feed from a local farmer who grows non GMO feed. I haven't noticed any difference in that either in site or...
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    Help! Chickens Dying

    As of the beginning of November I had a flock of 34 chickens. The flock was comprised of my original 14 hens and 1 rooster, who were purchased spring of 2023. I purchased 13 more hens in April. I hatched out 2 hens with an incubator early spring, and a broody hen hatched out 2 hens and 2...
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    Newbie Needing Help with Sick Chicken

    Thanks for all the suggestions and support. She died, though
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    Newbie Needing Help with Sick Chicken

    No soft-shelled eggs. Her vent looks normal. How would I give her that tablet? Would I just push one down her throat? or break it up and give it with water?
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    Newbie Needing Help with Sick Chicken

    The She is about 9 months old. She does lay. None of the poop in their coop causes me concern. Her crop feels fairly empty, not squishy, but not hard. She doesn't seem to have labored breathing. She is crouched with head drooping and eyes closed. Tried getting her to eat and drink, but doesn't...
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    Newbie Needing Help with Sick Chicken

    I noticed my chicken not looking good last night (see pic). She was fine yesterday morning - at least not showing any symptoms. I got her some water and she drank a bit and seemed to be moving around better. This morning she looks worse. Her neck is scrunched up and her tail drooping. When I...
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    Hello from South Texas

    Welcome! I lived in South Texas for 12 years. Just recently moved north to Idaho. Our family is loving the farm life we have now. I love your animals!
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    New to the Site

    Thank you! Yes, my kids are loving it! My oldest two actually own the pigs. They bought them for creating some income :) My youngest daughter owns her own small flock so she can sell eggs/chickens. They're very excited for this life!
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    Help! 6 month old hens stopped laying

    Good idea! I may be able to
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    Help! 6 month old hens stopped laying

    I suppose a very determined rat or snake could get into the bottom half of the tractor if they went under, but definitely not into the top half where their boxes are. Sorry, but I can't get a picture at this point. No, we are pretty rural, so I don't think any other animals are harassing them to...
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    New to the Site

    Thank you! Love the verse!
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    Help! 6 month old hens stopped laying

    I don't have a picture of it, but it is very similar to this, except that the nesting boxes are inside the coop, not jutted out, and the human door is on the end, not the side. She closes up the coop every night and has a latched door for the inside part. The human door also gets latched with a...
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    New to the Site

    Thank you!
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    Help! 6 month old hens stopped laying

    I'm sorry. That 12 was a typo. It should have been 18 weeks. I fixed the original post. My daughter lives with me (she's 10 :) We got the chicks all together in the mail when they were just a couple days old. They're just about 6 months old now (hatched March 8) We scoop our feed from the same...
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    New to the Site

    Thank you! I love your verse!
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    Help! 6 month old hens stopped laying

    My daughter is raising a flock of Easter Eggers (5 hens and a rooster) in a mobile coop. Since they were about 18 weeks old, they've been really good egg layers, averaging 3 eggs a day. Suddenly, they all stopped laying. It has been eight days, and she hasn't gotten a single egg. We can't figure...
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    New to the Site

    Hi all! I'm new to farming in general. We just got some property last fall and added chicks in the spring. We have about 16 hens and 3 roosters, plus kune kune pigs, nigerian dwarf goats, cats, a pet dog and a guardian livestock puppy. Our chickens are a mixture of Plymouth Barred Rocks, Buff...
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