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    Suddenly wondering if chickens eat and drink at night???

    Thank you for the advice. I am going to get rid of the light as only the three younger birds roost and the two old hens get into nest boxes to sleep. One of the old hens raised the three young birds when the were one day old. Got them at Tractor Supply. They are laying machines and I think...
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    Suddenly wondering if chickens eat and drink at night???

    I have 5 hens and real time cameras in various parts of coop. If I wake up in the middle of the night they may or may not be eating and drinking. But a 5 AM before auto door opens with day light they are all eating. I must confess I have what amounts to a night light in coop. Should I get...
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    Do chickens eat the shells of Black Oil Sunflower Seeds?

    I feed as a treat very good quality bird seeds including sunflower seeds in the shell. I lock the door to the coop at night and in the AM when I open the door I find many husks from the sunflower seeds in the large feeding dish. I find no evidence of mice and have set traps etc. Are the birds...
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    Looking for Lavender Orpington Rooster

    Where do you live? I have a young lavender rooster looking for a good home.
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    Development of USA Lavender Orpington - Update PICs pg 8

    Are the roosters gentle?
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    broody hatch ... any one wanna join?

    I have a buff orpington sitting on 8 eggs. When they hatch (hoping they hatch) will it hurt the hen to eat medicated starter feed?
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    just hatched

    chickens do not have cords like mammals. prolapsed of tissue in vent sounds more like it
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    Broody hen with eggs

    I have a broody hen and purchased 8 fertilized eggs. The bird is very broody and things are looking good. When the chicks hatch and move about the coop what should the temperature be. I live in North Florida and the nights get into the 40's.
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