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    8 week old Chicken Leg Injury

    She is limping.
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    8 week old Chicken Leg Injury

    Hello, we just got a new batch of chickens and they threw in an extra for free, so unsure of the breed of this one. She is 8 weeks old, we’ve had her 2 weeks, and she is hesitant to walk on her right leg for the past week or so. She lays down most of the day. She is able to stand, has full range...
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    Raccoons Eating Chicken Feed

    Help! Raccoons are eating our chicken feed every night. We first started noticing a disturbance around the coop a couple weeks ago, put out a trap, and have been catching 2-3 raccoons a week. I stopped putting food scraps in the chicken run to avoid attracting predators, but that didn’t seem to...
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    What happened to my hen? Heat stroke?

    One of my 10 month old brown leghorn hens just literally dropped dead. She walked over to me, opening and closing her mouth repeatedly. I noticed her comb was flopped over, though still very red. She seemed out of sorts and allowed me to pick her up (which my hens never allow; they are usually...
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    Best Nest Box Training Help

    Y’all are geniuses! Since rolling the curtains up two day ago my chickens have been exclusively laying in the nesting box. 🤗 Thank you!
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    Best Nest Box Training Help

    Houston, TX. I never thought about that... it probably hasn’t gotten too hot in there yet, but will be hot as we head into the summer.
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    Best Nest Box Training Help

    Ok that’s an interesting idea and easy to do. Thanks!
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    Best Nest Box Training Help

    At first 2 of the 6 hens were reliably using the it, now just one is using it.
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    Best Nest Box Training Help

    Here are some photos. You can see their preferred laying spot in front of the box. 🙄 Inside is hay, ceramic eggs, and I try to put other eggs in it when they are laid elsewhere.
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    Best Nest Box Training Help

    We have a Best Nest Box for our small flock of 6 chickens and are having the hardest time getting them to lay in it! They’ve been laying for about 4 months. We have tried putting hay and ceramic eggs in the box and blocking off other areas where they like to lay. They are mostly all laying on...
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    Opinions on Automatic Coop Doors?

    We ordered our grey Omlet door in August, and just received it last week. We installed it on the inside of our wooden coop for aesthetic reasons, but will be moving it to the traditional installation on the outside of the coop this weekend. When mounted on the inside, we found that the bottom...
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    Opinions on Automatic Coop Doors?

    I have ordered my Omlet door, and also plan on mounting it on the inside of the coop. Have you found that the track gets clogged up with pine shavings at all when it is mounted on the inside?
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