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    Limping chicken

    I just did but couldn't find anything new that might lead me to an answer. Thank you for the link though! I've never used that before and I'm sure I will use it a LOT now :) I realized this evening when I took him outside for some air that I think he's kicking his leg back because he's...
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    Limping chicken

    I've got a 4 month old rooster who started limping. I can't feel anything out of the ordinary but he does this odd kick back when walking. Had anyone experience this and if so do you have any insight? I have a video on my phone but can't upload it
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    Entire flock abruptly stopped laying for no apparent reason, any ideas why?

    This happened to a flock I had several years ago. I ended up giving them away and starting over with a new batch. The owners of the ones I gave away confirm they never started laying again. They were only 2 and 3 years old. My new batch is a year and a half old and two months ago, they stopped...
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    can hens become sterile

    Thanks for your reply! I've had my coop in the same place for the past 12 years, and the only "land" near the coop is mine and my parents. It's really the most baffling thing ever and so frustrating because I can't find anything anywhere that can give me an idea as to what it could be. Maybe...
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    can hens become sterile

    Last year, I had a flock of 8 hens and one rooster, all around two years old. Around August 2013, the hens completely stopped laying. Not a single egg up until I finally gave them away in February 2014. Once the coop was empty, I cleaned it thoroughly, I dug out the old dirt in the pen and...
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    looking for PUREBRED americauna chicks or fertile eggs

    i just got rid of all my beautiful blue laced red wyandottes that were only 2.5 years old because they completely stopped laying - they haven't laid a single egg since august. so i'm ready to start over with the breed i've always raised - even used to show them back when i was young -...
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    Why Aren't My Chickens Laying? Here Are Your Answers!

    that's kinda what i'm thinking! i am gonna try the extra protein idea and see if that makes a difference. if not, i'm gonna haul them up to the local feed store and advertise "free, worthless, no egg laying, hens! get em while the last!" then i'll order me some auracana/americauan eggs and...
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    Why Aren't My Chickens Laying? Here Are Your Answers!

    nope, so songs. it's like they're just happy to eat, poop and sleep, without bothering to throw me an egg every now and then!
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    Why Aren't My Chickens Laying? Here Are Your Answers!

    i am at a loss...i'm going on 6 months now without a single egg. no shells anywhere - not in the nesting boxes, nor when i clean out the shavings on the floor of the coop. nothing out in the pen either. i mean not a single trace of an egg or part of an egg. they get plenty of sun, and when...
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    Why Aren't My Chickens Laying? Here Are Your Answers!

    i have raised chickens my entire life. currently i have a two year old flock of wyandottes - beautiful birds, and a couple of older hens. i haven't done anything different, and my coop and pen have been established for 10 years. i have always had eggs during every season - the number might...
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    How to catch a snake

    i sure am willing to give it a try! i'm so mad at the killer rat snake in my coop i'll try anything!!!
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    MMs free rare exotic chick!

    i ordered 25 blue laced wyandottes, and the rare exotic one is a dominecker, i'm pretty sure. i'm also pretty sure he's a he. i'm sad to report that i'm down to only 12 blue laced wyandottes and the dominecker. i want to order more wyandottes to replenish what i've lost (to snakes and dogs)...
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    desperate and heartbroken!

    hey y'all! i'm new on here. i found this site when i was searching for a solution to my problem, but i'm still at a loss as to what to do. i started out with 26 blue laced wyandottes in march. i put them in the coop several weeks ago, and lost four in one night. there were no wounds on...
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