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    Chickens looking ratty..... PICS ADDED! POST # 8

    Where would someone get the anti pecking spray?
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    Are the girls molting?

    No this is an all girl neighborhood.
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    Are the girls molting?

    I am not sure if the girls are molting or not. It started with one and now 6 out of 8 seem to be featherless on their backs near the base of the tale and heading to the neck. They are about 9 months old and have been laying 5-7 eggs a day. The last couple of days they have gone down to 3. I...
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    Egg Boxes

    When my girls first started to lay about a month ago I found an egg on the floor and 2 hens were pecking it open. Since then I build a box and put it on the floor and am getting 1-3 eggs in it a day. This has kind of defeated the reason for putting the outside access egg boxes that are about 2...
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    Noisy Hens

    All of a sudden a couple weeks ago some of our hens started to get real vocal. I am not sure if this has something to do with them starting to lay eggs or not. Hoping my neighbors don't start to compain. Anyone have any idea's why all of a sudden they started to squawk?
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    Supposed to be Pullets

    Thanks to all for the quick answers. No eggs from them yet only eggs from my 2 reds.
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    Supposed to be Pullets

    Hi all, These were supposed to be pullets but I think not. They are about 19/20 weeks old. Please follow my link to their photos and give me feed back. I am not allowed Roosters in my area. Thanks http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/mtstringer/
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    Broken Egg and Eating it! What to do NOW?

    Hi all, My hens are just starting to lay. I am now getting about 2 a day from 8 hens. Most of the time they are laying in the nest boxes which are about 2 feet off the ground. Yesterday one must have laid one on the coup floor near the feeder because when I looked in the coup two of them were...
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    Hay or Shavings

    All I was wondering if I should have hay or shavings in my nest boxes. My hens haven't started to lay yet but I think soon. I have put them in the boxes to get used to them and the last two days there has been shavings moved around to a circle down to the wooden bottem of the box. I have golf...
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    When will the girls start to use the roost?

    Hi all, I have 8 hen that are 8 weeks old and at night they all pile up in a corner of the coop. I have a low roost in the opposit corner but they do not roost on it at night. Should I do anything or just let then be.
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    Nest boxes and roost height

    Is 2' too high for nest boxes? They are large bread chickens.
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    Nest boxes and roost height

    Yesterday I put my egg boxes in they are 2 feet off the ground. I don't know if I need a ladder to get them up to it we will see I guess. haven't gotten the roost in yet.
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    Nest boxes and roost height

    Hi all, just finished most of our coop and am wondering how high to put the nest boxed and the roost. We have 4 plymouth rocks, 2 rr, 2 light b's. thanks Mt
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    Need to Go to the CooP

    Ok so I put the heat lamps in the coop and the girls have been in there since Sunday. They are about to the point that they are fully feathered. I have been turning the lamp out during the day with temps above 45 and turning it back on at night because temps are still going into the 30's. Any...
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    Need to Go to the CooP

    Well they are not quite feathered out completely yet. I got them on March 14 + 16 th. and was told they were about 1 week old then so that puts them at just about 4 weeks old.
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    Need to Go to the CooP

    Hi all, It has been a long time since I raised any chickens, actually it has been about 37 years. Then I lived in Massachusetts and we kept the chicks in a box in the basement with a work light over them for a bit then moved them outside. Different time, area and climate. Now I live in Maine...
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