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    laying eggs in only 1 box

    Thank you, Everyone. Now I know I don't have to worry that I did something wrong. Thanks!
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    laying eggs in only 1 box

    Our chickens are laying eggs! We find 3-4 everyday. However, right now they are only laying in one of the laying boxes we built for them. Sometimes we find an egg outside that laying box, as if a chicken was waiting in line and just couldn't wait anymore. I don't know why they don't lay in the...
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    OMG BIG DAY!!!!! First Crow!!

    Your comment about standing out there listening like 2 proud parents is similar to my husband and I: We sit out and watch our chicks everyday. We call it CTV (chicken TV). We just built a huge run for them and it is even more fun to watch them scratching around, testing their wings, and so on...
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    not eating because of ramp

    Update: I did have to crawl under there a few times and put them up the ramp, but we found out the real issue: they will only go up the ramp if there is a light on up in the coop. I then built a "screen" window for the upstairs part of the coop and when that is in use, they will go up and down...
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    not eating because of ramp

    The ramp is over 4 feet long and is a 22 inch rise. We have 4 "steps" along it, but the ones who go up the ramp don't seem to need them. We will try the line of chicken food up the ramp and perhaps open up one end of the coop so that we can "herd" them up it until they get it. Eventually I...
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    not eating because of ramp

    We are brand new chicken owners - about 30 days. We built a chicken arc and moved the 4-week old chicks in last week. We kept them in the "upstairs" part for about a week and then opened the ramp so that they could spend the days down on the ground. All of them slowly found their way down there...
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