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Actually 3 choice. #3 Kill the predators!

Just thought I would take a minute to share with you all my project today. So the setup is rather simple. I got a 55 gallon drum from a chocolate (candy) manufacturer that held corn syrup. It has a removable top so when winter rolls around I can put a livestock trough heater in it. We...

About a week ago I got a shell-less egg in one of the nests. I am new to this whole thing and thought that it was just a quirk that we may see sometimes. Now I am thinking it was this same hen and is making me lean to thinking that she has a problem with internal laying. Anybody have...

TTT Thanks for the reply. Any other thoughts out there? Could she possibly be internal laying? Does the poop, or whatever that is tell us anything?

So this hen goes into a nesting box today around late morning/mid day then stayed there all day. She didn't come out to eat or drink and just sat. I kept checking on her and when I closed up the coop for the night she was still there so I got online and started researching. At first I thought...

Not sure, but they do have automatic doors that are set on timers that you can program to open and close to keep them safe from predators at night.

Quote: We plan to eat ours. We have chickens to support our family. If you can't bear the thought of that, you can sell them or give them away. Shouldn't be too hard to find someone to give them to.

I wish there was a "Thanks" button that I could give each of you a thanks for your posts, but I guess I just did....THANKS for the info. Looks like for the most part y'all have confirmed what I have been thinking all along. I will be working for a bit out in the yard tomorrow and will give it...

Thanks for the comments.....keep em coming.

Anybody?