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    Aggressive Mother hen

    Bump :-)
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    Aggressive Mother hen

    Could in place some nesting straw on the floor of the garage? Would that be sufficient? How will I get her out?
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    Aggressive Mother hen

    My white rock hatched 3 chicks 5 days ago. I moved her inside with the chicks as it is starting to get cold here at night. I have her in a heated box with the chicks with access to food and water. Howevever, since yesterday, the hen will not allow me to replace the water in the chicks dish or to...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    2/3 again. Very consistent!
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    1/3 so far
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    EXPERTS NEEDED....How do you store your eggs

    I normally keep mine at RT, however if we get a little overwhelmed with eggs, we refrigerate the ones that have been out for more than a few days.
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    Girls are picky about their food!

    Jean&Mark : Good topic! We just switched to pellets 3 days ago, and our hens are not eating them either. Good to know they will eat it eventually. Thank you! Hi Jean and Mark. I'm relieved also. Did your girls stop laying at all after you switched?
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    2 eggs from 3 layers today
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    OMG! I've got one **(photos of my girls added)**

    Congratulations!
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    Girls are picky about their food!

    Phew! Thanks guys. Have you ever noticed an effect on egg laying by switching feeds?
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    Girls are picky about their food!

    I just changed from mash to pellets. I wanted to get a mash with a higher protein content, but couldnt source one, so I went to pellets which had a 16.5% content, as opposed to the 15.5% content fo the mash. However, my hens are just turning their nose up at it. They come running over like crazy...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    2/3 :d
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    We finally got eggs

    Congratulations!!!
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    They're Baaaaaack!!!!

    Thank you both. I just hope it wasn't a once off and they don't go on strike again!!
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    They're Baaaaaack!!!!

    My girls have started laying again! (well two out of three). And my rooster crowed for the first time this morning aswell! (he hasn't stopped all day!). I'm putting all down to the artificial light I placed in the coop on Saturday night. I got one normal sized egg and one smallish egg around...
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