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I thought I would update on the egg situation. Still no eggs. My Olive egger is very red and did a little 1 second squat. My lavender orphington also increased in redness, no squating. Beaker the sultan no clue she she will lay, she has no visible comb and just walks in circles shaking her poof...

I have an actual roof on my run. I have a friend who is a roofer and he put a commercial metal roof on my coop. Underneath the metal is 1 and 1/2 inch plywood. I like to say in case of a tornado in hiding with the chickens.

I hoping she will be ok without the heat lamp. I do have a heat board I can put in there for her to cozy up to if need be. I just don't use heat lamps due to fire risk. I think I will just have to keep a close eye on her.

The run is covered and doesn't get snow inside. I don't heat my coop just a heater in my waterer. I used a heat lamp for a couple days when it was -25 as the temp not wind chill. It only brought the temp up 10 degrees.

I got a sultan chicken from meyer they said they were cold hardy now I am learning that's not the case. She doesn't have much down and it gets -25 here in the winter. My run is wraped in plastic during the winter the so the ground stays dry. Their house is well ventilated on top and this year...

I have an Olive egger, sultan, amauracana, and orphington all not laying. They have access to oyster shell eating bugs, supervise free range so I know they are not laying outside. They are on a mixture of grower and layer. Fake eggs in the box. They are not squatting, some are red but not as red...

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I have a separate container for grit and they do free range as well

My 16 week chickens are eating free choice calcium like crazy. I'm about to run out of grower. Im figuring it time to make the switch to layer. Does this behavior also mean they are getting close to laying? A couple do go down to the ground when I pet them but it's not the typical squat just...

I don't have a fenced in yard. I do have a border of plants.when they are real young I use a corral moving it every day allowing a little free range time where they stay close to there corral. As Since my chicks were young I have tought them their boundaries when they stray I I have them out...

10 week Olive egger supposed to be sexed female but I am starting to wonder.

You may want to rethink having two full size chickens inside you home. I also had a parrot and understand how messy they are but chickens are another thing. They create A LOT of dust. I order to keep them happy they need to be able to scratch in dirt and eat bugs. They will get use to the noise...

I have lost 3 chickens in 3 months to the same illness and it appears I have 2 more with the same thing. Symptoms are: white dirty bottoms that feel gritty, eggs that are nearly shelless, occational diarrhea, drop in egg, and drop in egg production. I have treated with valbazen, tylon, pen g...

I have a 2 week Olive egger chick with feathers coming off it's feet. Not many but it's noticeable. What breed mix caused this?

I just seem to have bad luck. Maybe I have to stop naming them bunny:idunno then I will get my blue egg.

Cackle and meyer

I just got a female olive egger chick from meyer. She is bigger compared to my other chicks. I included a picture. Which did she look like?

I just got my chicks question, her ears are white. Will they turn blue? My last chick from a different hatchery laid white eggs too. Is this just luck of the draw?

Is your Olive egger bigger then you orphington. My female Olive egger is huge in comparison to the rest of my chicks.

Any luck?