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post #81 of 135
6/24/12 at 7:52am
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Originally Posted by chickenlickin8 View Post

I train mine to use all the boxes by putting a white ceramic egg in each nest. Seems to work.......

 

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Fun pictures, chickenlickin!

Pretty ladies too.  Isn't it nice when they are all feathered out and clean and not pulled apart by roos or molting? lol

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3 kids, 3 Std Poodles, amazing best friend/husband.  Owner/Operator of Prairie Chick Poultry.  Dealing in all aspects of breeding and sales of the following: BBS Orpingtons, BBS Cochins, New Hampshire Reds, Welsummers, BLRWs, Black Minorcas, Buckeyes, Barnevelders, B/B Ameraucanas, Silkies in White, Buff and Partridge, Bantam Partridge Wyandottes. Like us on Facebook at Prairie Chick Poultry!

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post #82 of 135
6/24/12 at 8:48am

Reminds me of the 1985 hit by Klymaxx called "a meeting in the ladies room" ;-)

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post #83 of 135
6/24/12 at 2:59pm

Here's our 4 girls squeezing in together.

Bob & Heidi

 

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post #84 of 135
6/24/12 at 3:57pm

My girls should be laying any day now and i can see the same thing happening. I have 3 nesting boxes and the 3 girls sleep in one and the roo in another. I will have to get pics if the happens.

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post #85 of 135
6/24/12 at 4:19pm

That's a crack up.  I need to get me a hen.  I just have one rooster that was supposed to be a hen.  hahaha

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post #86 of 135
6/24/12 at 4:20pm

Love it!!!  Too funny!!!!

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post #87 of 135
6/24/12 at 4:30pm
Nice. Our girls all like one of our boxes better than the others, but they haven't gotten in at the same time! We do have one that will sit out in the coop in front of the favorite box when it is occupied. She'll lay her egg there if the other hen doesn't get out quickly enough. I imagine she makes some mean clucks while she's doing it. smile.png

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1 Barred Rock, 1 Ameraucana mixed breed, 1 Iowa Blue, 1 Buff Brahma, and 1 Splash Marans. Check out my chicken blog: http://lovinchicknfarmin.blogspot.com/

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post #88 of 135
6/24/12 at 5:09pm
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Originally Posted by threebabychicks View Post

That's a crack up.  I need to get me a hen.  I just have one rooster that was supposed to be a hen.  hahaha

 

You sure do!! Chickens are social creatures who are unhappy living alone. Get him a hen, and nature will supply them with plenty of company. Actually, he needs about 3 hens or else he'll drive the one nuts with toooo much attention, plucking her poor back bald in the process.

Owned by 2 grown offspring, 2 spoiled cats (Albert and Stanley), and 7 (correction: 10; chicken math, ya know) silly biddies: Blanche, Clara Cluck, Dorothy, Olivia, Miss Prissy, Agnes, Edwina, Eunice, Ruby and Bernice, who fill my basket with gorgeous multicolored eggs.

 

Here, every night is Ladies' Night:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/lazy-womans-automatic-self-operating-chicken-coop

 

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Owned by 2 grown offspring, 2 spoiled cats (Albert and Stanley), and 7 (correction: 10; chicken math, ya know) silly biddies: Blanche, Clara Cluck, Dorothy, Olivia, Miss Prissy, Agnes, Edwina, Eunice, Ruby and Bernice, who fill my basket with gorgeous multicolored eggs.

 

Here, every night is Ladies' Night:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/lazy-womans-automatic-self-operating-chicken-coop

 

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post #89 of 135
6/24/12 at 6:54pm
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Originally Posted by Coop de Grille View Post

OMG that is hysterical!

 

I had four guys that liked to pile in the nest boxes. If all 8 of them could have fit they would have.

 

 

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OMGosh this was to funny, all of you guys pics are. way to funny.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=VKLTUgfkcBs
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post #90 of 135
6/25/12 at 6:44am
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Originally Posted by Minniechickmama View Post

It's like they all need to go to the bathroom and they think there is only one useable toilet!

 

For those of you with young children, there is a great book called, "The Perfect Nest"  by Catherine Friend.  She is an acquaintance of mine and a wonderful author of other books as well, including "Hit by a Farm".  She is very entertaining!  You should check it out!  Every time I see more than one hen on the pile I think of her book.

That is my son's favorite book!!!!!  It is a wonderful book! All his other books are on the shelf, he keeps The Perfect Nest in his dresser.

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