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  1. FunClucks

    My Cracked-In-the-Head Olive Egger and Her Weird Nesting Spot. Want to help me name her?

    So Heidi is now a year and a half old, and is finishing up her molt. She laid until very late in the year, and just took a break recently. She still doesn't like me much, but doesn't freak out about me too badly. Working on that with her. Very nice size and quality on the eggs, and a...
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    Thats not your designated roosting bar.

    I use zipline to make sure the top of my hardware cloth covered chain link dog run (covered with a tarp) stays vertical. Zip line is less than 1/4" in diameter. It runs across the run 6 ft up from the ground, from one side of my 10 ft wide run to the other. I always get at least one chicken...
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    Poop Board Design for New Hampshire Type Meat Birds - Recommendations?

    Has anyone had success with using poop boards for New Hampshire meat bird strain from Freedom Ranger Hatchery or similar meat chickens? These are really hefty chickens - when mature they are about the size of CX at ~7-8 weeks. Right now they're perching on top of a ~29"x4ft dog crate with a...
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    Chicken perch with poop board - I finally made one (!!!) and have questions

    So I've been meaning to do it for a long time, and finally got it finished, and am super excited about it! I've made a new chicken perch for my largest layer coop/covered run. A comfortable occupancy is around 15-20 chickens, so I built for 15 with space to expand to 20. I've added 1" of...
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    Giving chicks soil to build immunity to coccidiosis, but doesn’t that expose them to worms as well?

    Merek's vaccine only prevents symptoms, doesn't prevent the chicks from contracting the disease. It helps infected chickens live longer, with better quality of life. They can also expose other chickens, since they still have the disease, so it's very important, if you suspect this, to keep a...
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    Where do *most of the brown grocery eggs come from?

    Yea, I'm up for a new thread, if you want to discuss. Tag me. Also consider posting the new thread link in this thread, for others who'd like to follow/contribute.
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    Why is my girl doing this. ? There are no eggs under her

    If you put one of her eggs a few inches in front of her, but not under her, and she is broody, she will either get up and sit on top of it, or she will push it under her chest with her beak while she is lying there on the ground. It's the funniest thing. I've seen hens that are about to lay...
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    Hen suddenly extremely aggressive.

    Welcome to BYC! Looks like this is your first post. Go ahead and start your own thread - the cause of your own issues could be any number of things. That will allow members to talk with you as a group and everyone to get the relevant information so we can help you out. Looks like...
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    Aggressive mating behaviour: a recent review of the literature

    Fascinating! Thank you!!!
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    Chickens haven’t laid an egg in three months

    I've had a few pullets molt in their first winter. Ticked me off. Half the reason I got them was so they would lay thru the winter. It does happen. Frozen dog treats!!! (hehehehe!) Just no fun to clean up the mess from that, super fun for the dog.
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    Chickens haven’t laid an egg in three months

    Also, what are you feeding them, and what's the protein content?
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    Chickens haven’t laid an egg in three months

    Where in the world do you live and how much daylight do you get there? And, key question, how much daylight do the girls get each day in their specific environment? If any of those answers is less than 10 hrs per day, them not laying doesn't surprise me for most of your chickens. The two...
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    What is wrong with this chicken?

    I've found it, cut it out, ate the rest of the bird. Rest of the bird was fine, and had healthy tissue. Green muscle disease sucks. But the rest of my batch of 23 CX didn't have it, so there's that.
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    Where do *most of the brown grocery eggs come from?

    It totally is. If you read some of the literature that the commercial breeders produce for their proprietary strains of hybrid chickens, it's really interesting the factors they list as selling points for their birds. Surface texture, thickness, shape, size, permeability, lack of extra calcium...
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    Where do *most of the brown grocery eggs come from?

    Agreed. ISA Browns are pretty to easy to find where I live also, but they are actually a proprietary hybrid whose genetics are owned by Hendrix Genetics. Hy-Line International produces several competing hybrids, one of which is known as Hy-Line Brown, and owns their genetics. ISA Brown and...
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    Where do *most of the brown grocery eggs come from?

    ISA Browns are also sometimes known as or similar to Hy-Line Brown. They are a commercial strain of red sexlink used in large egg operations. Generally purchased in large quantities, so not generally sold to the backyard egg market. Hy-Line makes a lot of commercial breeds/strains that you...
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    Have you had any issues with the Freedom Ranger roos being mean? To humans and/or hens. I heard from several folks that they had that issues, wondering about your experience. How do the Freedom Rangers compare to Freedom Ranger Hatchery's (FRH) White Rangers, FRH New Hampshires (bred for...
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    I also tried Freedom Ranger Hatchery New Hampshires, and like them a lot for a sustainable flock bred for meat that also lays eggs. Massive birds! Good livability, and the roo does his job.
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    Favorite breed other than Cornish Cross

    Have you tried White Rangers from Freedom Ranger hatchery? I did. I really liked them. 3m broiler with final weights very similar to CX, with better livability. I had one hen who was 2+ yrs old, getting along just fine until I ate her (she laid her first spring, was waiting for her to lay...
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    FAIL thread

    Hahaha!!! Oh poor baby! There's a dog swimming place near me, they have ramps that go down into swimming pools, and they have classes that teach the dog to go down into the ramp and eventually swim in the water. Each dog gets its own life vest, they have bumpers to swim after, and lots of dog...
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