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    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    My husband had two galvanized metal pans fabricated. each has nylon rope handles on each end. We keep them under the girl’s roosts. makes cleaning the coop so easy. Pull out the pans, dump in compost pile, clean them, put them back under the roosts. The rest of the coop stays much cleaner that...
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    Pit bull and chickens

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    Pit bull and chickens

    This is exactly what we needed to read. Question, we have taken our granddaughter’s neutered 1.5 yr. old Blue Pit while she is participating in a long-term rehab program. He is wonderful with us, our grandson, and great grand son. I am not sure how he is with other dogs as we had him and our...
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    Golden Comet Chickens, HELP!

    We love our Golden Comets, they are friendly and excellent layers-all year round!
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    Comment by 'Melinda48' in item 'Nite Guard Predator Control Light'

    We bought shiny twirly gigs at the party store here in town and I hung them from a few tree branches overhanging our chicken area-seems to confuse he predators' line of sight and we have had zero problems since putting them out two years ago. I bought new ones this year. Used CDs would probably...
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    want a tip that will make your hens lay like its spring in the winter

    Not when it's been 6 weeks they don't. ~ : )
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    want a tip that will make your hens lay like its spring in the winter

    Going to try this one!
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    laying after broody?

    Our chickens molted. We have 11 girls and used to get 10 eggs a day without fail. Now we are lucky to get 4. This has been going on for over a month now. How the heck long is it going to be until they lay again?
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    Comment by 'Melinda48' in article 'Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop!'

    Super article. Many thanks for this.
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    won't go in the coop at night

    I think the roosting bars need to be a bit more rounded. Look at your girls' little feet. They are made to go around branches - branches are not rectangular. I also think the roosts should be a bit longer. My girls like to next right next to each other and in cold weather, they keep each other...
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    How long does this last?

    Thanks, I think. I guess what you are saying is that they will pay again when they lay again.
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    How long does this last?

    So we have had our girls for 1 & 2 years (Buff Orpingtons 1-yr, Golden Comets -2). We have 10 girls. For the last three weeks we have been getting 3-5 eggs a day. This is way-y-y-y under our regular production! There are feathers in their area but none of them looks anything like the photo of...
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    calling any one from missouri

    Ours had those wrinkly eggs for a time as well. They are back to normal. I don't think it anything to worry about (I hope). Our girls are fine now so - no biggie.
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    Pullet laid 3 eggs and then quit...why?

    We have ten girls; Golden Comets and Buff Orpingtons. They are between 1 & 2 years old. We are only getting 3 eggs a day after having experienced terrific laying (9-10 out of 10). They don't seem "molti." Any clue as to what might be going on?
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    gold comets

    We have had Golden moments for two years now and love love love them! They are friendly (except for one girl who is manageable but not terribly friendly - the Alpha Girl). They are great layers and do not get broody too easily. We could not be more pleased with them. Now, we are new at keeping...
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