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Thanks- will see if I can figure out a way to get more space and pull the bullies out.

oh yes, we can't get a roo...town ordinance..

Their run is about 15 feet by 5 feet..with a bigger coop and a smaller coop (she's in the smaller one now) off of it.

hmm/...that's an idea. I even thought of getting 2 chicks just to be with this one should I have to keep her separate..figured they wouldn't attack her at least when they are smaller than she is!!

She's an Easter Egger, the worst offender is a Buff Orpington, but I've got a Gold Laced Wyandotte who's gotten really mean too.. Trying to brainstorm how I could add more space..

Hello there, My sweetest, most submissive and smallest hen is also the bottom of the pecking order (surprise!). She's 4 and has been with the same flock of 5 her whole life. 2 years ago we added 3 more to the family. Every year she molts first in late summer and gets pecked at to the point of...

Hi there, Thanks for your response! I am not totally sure which one of my green egg laying girls this is from though I suspect it may be one who is only 1. The other 2 are 3 years old. I fed them some eggs this morning and made sure they have crushed oyster shells. I'll see if I can get some...

Hi there, For about a month or so now one of my chickens has been laying these really oddly shaped eggs. I wonder if they are slab-side eggs? They are flat on one side (sorry for all the photos but tying to really show the odd shapes!) and where you can see the lighter spot has been (not this...

Thanks for your replies! I had been turning it off during the days when it was so hot and on low at night- I put it on low last night again and checked in on them again with a flashlight and saw that they were all huddled in a corner not under it! I raised it too.. I'll leave it out this week on...

Hi All, Our chicks are now 2 weeks old and thriving outside in the coop- it was really warm this week with two days in the 80s but no colder than the higher 50s at night. I have seen the chicks nowhere near the MHP- I think they sleep in a corner huddled together at night. Could it be possible...

Those are cloth diapers on top! Covered in Press and Seal..here is one end. One thing I would do differently next time is use a much smaller heating pad- this is the extra large one which is 24 inches long! They have been enjoying running from one end to the other and have figured it out, but it...

good to hear- my heating pad is only low, medium and high. It's on high now- I can bump it to medium next week (actually it was on medium when they were in the house for the past 2 days, but I figured it's cold outside they could use the high tonight. ) I will keep an eye out and slowly start...

Happy to report the girls made it out to the coop this morning and seemed happy and comfortable all day long- they venture out from the MHP to play and eat and drink and then they go back in to warm up. I'm a little nervous since this is their first night out there and it's in the 40s.. but...I...

They are home and happy under the MHP in the basement right now...will put them out on Saturday in the coop! I'll keep you updated!

That is such a cool set up! Thanks for the pictures. Excited to get this going!

Thank you everyone, for your insight and words of encouragement! Since it is supposed to be pouring tomorrow and the day after here and quite cold, I've decided to set up the chicks with the MHP in my garage or basement..see how everyone is doing and then set them up in the the coop this weekend...

That's amazing! I'm so happy to hear they've been fine in those temps. Thanks so much for responding.

Thank you! I really just need some good success stories to keep me going! Sounds promising!

Hi there, I've been researching the Mama Heating Pad and convinced myself that was the way I wanted to go this time around with raising my chicks. I built it today...and I think it's working the way it should. I'll be getting my chicks in 2 days. The only thing is..I'm getting a little bit...

Hi there! This sounds exactly how it started with my birds. I only seemed to make things better by separating the bloody/bullied one for a week while she healed and then separating the bully (who was our favorite...it was so hard to realize that she was the problem!!) for a week once I put the...