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She's been sitting on the nest for two days now...........and obviously has no intention of leaving. It looks as if she's trying to lay and egg..............her "egg layer" is puckering in and out. We lubricated with Olive oil the out outside and a little bit of the inside. I'm wondering if...

Title pretty much says it all. With my last batch of hens 14 years ago I noticed my hens digging up a LOT of grub worms. I have this new batch of "girls" in the same area of the yard and don't see anything living for them to dig up. Wondering if buying live worms and scattering them out after...

We are in Central Oklahoma. We've been in a literal deep freeze for the past two weeks. Right now we are in the midst of a minor ice storm. Suffice it to say our weather is miserable. Would our hens benefit from suet cakes...................like we feed the wild birds in the Winter to help...

Wow ! I'm at a loss here. One of my hens laid over, started flopping and died within 1 minute ! She seemed perfectly healthy prior to that. I was away from the property when it happened so the little wife witnessed the event had to take care of it. History: A couple of months back it was...

29 weeks ago we took delivery of 7 chicks from Murray McMurray. 2 Black Astrolorps, 2 Bielfelders, 2 Buff Oprpingtons and 1 Speckled Sussex. (her partner died en-route!) At 29 weeks we most usually get 3 eggs daily. Sometimes only 2. At this point with my last batch, 14 years ago or so, I...

I've 7 laying hens. Two Buff Orpingtons, two Black Astrolorps, two Bielfelders and 1 Speckled Sussex. They all arrived in the same shipment and are 23 weeks old. The two Buff Orpingtons started laying an egg a day each about a week and a half ago. The others haven't figured it out yet. I...

Our 7 hens are right at 5 months old. I'm a bit surprised but one of our Buff Orpingtons started laying yesterday. Got an egg yesterday and one today. They are quite small.............which is surprising because the Buffs are supposed to lay large eggs. But she isn't full grown at 5 months...

My 15 week old hens absolutely will not go into the coup at night and roost. :he I had 24 hens about 15 years ago and right at dusk they'd all march dutifully up the ramp and hop on their favorite roosting bars. These hens all bunch up against the edge of the run and huddle together all night...

My 7 hens are 15 weeks old now and they've all settled into their individual personalities. I only have one Speckled Sussex. She starts "talking" to me the minute I leave the house. I can hear her 50 feet away from the coup. She jumps up in my lap for raw Oatmeal and is just an overall...

Cleaning out our Fridge and came across : Raw Pumpkin Seeds Raw Pinon Nuts Sliced Almonds Golden Flax Seeds Brown Sesame Seeds Chopped Hazelnuts Anything in that list that will hurt my chickens if given as treats? They are about 12 1/2 weeks old if that makes any difference.

I've got 7 12 week old chickens. I just just out in the run reading a book and noticed one of the hens as she grabbed about 5 down feathers out of the back of one of the others.........(PLUCK!!!)..............and I'll be danged if she didn't gulp one of them down. I did my research and found...

My chicks are 4 weeks old. Already "almost" all feathered out. The chicks themselves are about 6" or 7" tall. And if it weren't for the net on the top of their box they'd be flying out by now. (they try every opportunity, that's for sure.) The sides of the box are 30" tall I think. They...

Last week I received a mailing from BYC. Last week I also crashed my motorcycle and banged the old nogan hard enough that I'm going to have to buy a new helmet. Didn't think anything of it because I felt normal. But I'm having troubwith balance and typing, memory, etc. One of the...

Well, I mixed up a mash of yogurt, feed and warm water as recommended. They'll gladly walk in it but won't eat it. They are far too busy scratching in the wood chips and I swear it looks as if that's what they are eating.............the finest portions of the wood chips. Here's a picture of...

My brother just tried to buy three chicks at Tractor Supply and they required he give them his address and phone number. He refused and they told him to put the chicks back. He says they are registering all chicks at the Government's orders. If this is true, are the hatcheries registering...

Murray McMurray sent me an email earlier this week saying my chickies would be shipping the week of April 3rd. Said they'd ship on the 3rd, 4th or 5th. A couple of weeks ago I was scheduled for a two-eye surgery. Surgeon is going to cut the muscles in both eyes and realign things. And, of...

I've been thinking about feeds and stuff and remembered I was about to start a mealworm producing operation about the time I got out of chicklens 12 or so years ago. Anyone on the forum grow/raising/producing mealworms to add to your chickens diets? Wh at all is involved in the process?

I had a couple dozen laying hens about 12 or 13 years ago. Was feeding a commercial feed at the time. (can't remember the brand.........but it was purchased based on the recommendations of proportions of protein, etc., etc. etc. that I'd researched about here on the forum.) Flipping through...

I've been away from chickens for about 12 years now. Just getting hyped up about ordering a small number from Murray McMurry Hatchery. (that's who I bought from last time and had absolutely no complaints) I know the chicks need non-medicated crumbles (because I'll have them vaccinated) as a...

Hi All, I'm back after about a twelve year hiatus. :frow I've missed my "chickie girls" and with the cost of eggs going through the roof I've decided it's time to get my coop up and running again. I couldn't figure out what my email address or usser name was "back then" so just started over as...