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  1. SuperC

    Hen is mouth breathing- allergies or illness?

    This didn’t get any responses in the medical thread, so I’m cross posting here because I’m concerned and need input. I have a 1 year old Orpington who has started mouth breathing a week+ ago; mostly only at night while in the coop, but occasionally during the day in the run as well. It’s not...
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    Mouth Breathing: allergies or illness?

    I have a 1 year old Orpington who has started mouth breathing a week+ ago; mostly only at night while in the coop, but occasionally during the day in the run as well. It’s not 100% of the time at night, but the last few nights EVERY time I check the camera she is doing it. She will stop for a...
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    Nutritional breakdown for layers

    That’s some deep info! Thanks! I’ll be reading thru it tomorrow!
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    Nutritional breakdown for layers

    Will it be an issue for my ladies? I mean, they will be 11 months old in a few days, and not “chicks” anymore. I’m only still giving the chick crumbles because I still have one not yet laying (it’s coming soon I think!) and they prefer the crumbles over the kalmbach pellets. But the kalmbach...
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    Nutritional breakdown for layers

    Hi all! I know there can be some debate on “what is the best” for feed for layers, but does anyone have a good “analysis” list of what breakdowns I should be looking for as far as % for protein and lysine and all those vitamins and things? What is considered “no less than” or “no more than” for...
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    1 chicken refuses to roost at night

    This! Those are “cleaning and check for eggs” doors.
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    1 chicken refuses to roost at night

    Those are the big “people doors” you can open from either side. I was cleaning the coop that day so I open both sides, sweep all the shavings onto a tarp on the other side and haul them away. It makes cleaning so easy! They are double latched and closed otherwise for security. I’ve made sure I...
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    1 chicken refuses to roost at night

    The height of the “walls” are 4 feet high, but the roof is on a slope on one corner about 6 inches above the wal, and at the high end about 16 inches. It’s pretty roomy in there for just 4 ladies- 16SF of floor space, 4 linear feet of roost and they also hang out on top of the nesting boxes...
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    1 chicken refuses to roost at night

    No, it’s a solid 4x4 coop. 2 sides are large doors, one side is solid with windows at the top and the front is open to the run with the pop door. I’ve toyed with the idea of putting nesting boxes on the outsode wall of the coop for extra space, but I just finished building it a few months ago...
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    1 chicken refuses to roost at night

    My ladies are… sensitive. I can’t move anything around in there or coop boycotting and panic ensue (they have me trained well). No bumblefoot and her tummy is fine (plus she LIKES to play up there in daylight hours). She is also the most enthusiastic “ledge sitter” outside in the run and loves...
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    1 chicken refuses to roost at night

    She’s still a pullet (yeah- 3 of them at 8 months, but that’s a different woe!) and she refuses to enter a box of any kind. I had thought about a shelf or something to catch poo, but They also like to play in the coop on and off all day so I don’t want to “take up” extra coop space. I also don’t...
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    1 chicken refuses to roost at night

    I have 1 chicken that refuses to use the roost bar at night. I only have 4 ladies, (all of them will be 8 months next week) and they have a 4 foot long, 2x4 (on its wide side) roost bar and the 3 other girls hop up every night and they end up using only half the bar because they cuddle up, so...
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    32 Week Orpingtons still not laying

    I have made the mash without the oats, but theyLOVE the oats! Those are always the first things they pick out of any thing I make them. They eat those down and then pick over the rest. The sourdough starter isn’t for “nutritional content” per se, but it is for a boost of fermentation bacteria...
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    32 Week Orpingtons still not laying

    I have some Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve on order right now (it’s the super whole grain one) so I can offer that and try fermenting it as well. I hope they like it! I’m afraid they will just pick out the bits they like and it won’t be as “all around health” so I was going to mix it with other...
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    32 Week Orpingtons still not laying

    I’m a total stalker, and I have motion detection cameras in the coop that goes off when they walk in to lay- and it’s the same one every day (& I do vent checks every now and then to see what they look like). But it’s the same one. The grey one in the box is the one laying- hers look red and...
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    32 Week Orpingtons still not laying

    Having never had hens before, I just always know that shorter days will impede egg laying but that is for established hens… will pullets actually START in fall/winter? Like, a switch gets flipped to “on” no matter the season? Or do they just not start at all until spring if we “missed the...
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    32 Week Orpingtons still not laying

    I have my first ever flock of 4 Orpingtons who are 32 weeks today. 1 of them started laying 4 weeks ago and has given a 1.9oz egg every single day (what a champ!)…. However, the other ladies (while super curious about the whole process) have not laid anything. Food is all organic (cluck and...
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    Pullet holding on to first egg? Pre-eggbound?

    Thank you for your info! Do you have a recommended feed? I’d prefer organic, but they have hated all the organic options at my TSC except the Cluck & Co (& my hubby won’t let me order scratch and peck due to the crzy expensive price). They didn’t like the Dumor very much, but would eat the...
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    Pullet holding on to first egg? Pre-eggbound?

    I give them them a regular supply of protein rich snacks (diced ham, solider worm larve, mealworms, shredded chicken leftovers (😬)… at least once a day they have a supplemental protein rich snack and they seem very well developed and always healthy… do you think they are getting enough of those...
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    Pullet holding on to first egg? Pre-eggbound?

    My hen who DOES lay, has a comb the same color as the rest of her sisters 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t know how heavy- but my middle 2 are a few pounds? My biggest one is maybe 5? I need to weigh them. But as Orpingtons I know they can get hefty. They have a large run (apx 100sf of space for 4 hens) and a...
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