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    Chickens won't sleep on roost is that a problem?

    I have 3 hens and 2 roosters that I really didn't expect to live from being hatched in my home made incubator. As they grew I wanted to get a place for them to be safe at night but let them roam during the day. The only place I had extra, from my grown up chicken's coop/run was a chicken...
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    HELP! Mom tried to kill newborn what do i do?

    I know this post is months old but for future reference for anyone reading this, I just went out and bought 4 little chicks from TS, put them in with the single chick and they all lived happily ever after. The End.
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    Make me feel better about penning my former free-rangers :(

    We never had chickens and started last year with raising chicks. We currently have 8 (two younger ones we recently rescued might be roosters.) We have a run of about 200 sq feet and a coop about 10x20. They have all grown well, 6 are laying eggs and they are safe. They are not free ranging and...
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    Chickens keep going into neighbor's yard

    Maybe the neighbor is giving them treats! Been known to happen.
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    A chicken newbie

    I have only been around chickens for a about 1-1/2 years. My first intro was the neighbor's range chickens enjoying what our yards and gardens had to offer. We had just finished our own chicken coop and run but were delaying purchasing any chicks. Chicken I guess! Sadly, one of the range...
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    Why is my hen laying her eggs on the roost?

    Your reply was much needed. One of our Barred Rocks (just about 8 mo. old) laid her first egg while up on the roost. It broke. We were just so excited the chickens were reaching the age of laying that a broken one really didn't matter (much) but pray they all find one of the nesting boxes to be...
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