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    Chicken not laying in nesting boxes

    Hello fellow chicken enthusiasts, I am hoping you can offer some help with our current situation. Our first of 4 Buff Orpingtons just started laying, and she is refusing to lay in the rollaway nesting box. I taped up the curtains so that she could see in, and we put several 3D printed eggs in...
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    Chickens will not go into henhouse at night

    Thank you for weighing in! It does have a window, but I think I will rig up some sort of light in there as well to help them out a bit.
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    Chickens will not go into henhouse at night

    Thank you for that insight, I waited until later to go out there tonight, and they had actually all gone into the henhouse on their own! So maybe I was jumping the gun in putting them in. Either way, I appreciate your input!
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    Chickens will not go into henhouse at night

    Well I was waiting to respond until I had photos to upload, and then tonight they all went in on their own! I will still likely rig up some sort of light for them, and will keep checking for mites. I really appreciate you weighing in!
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    Chickens will not go into henhouse at night

    Hello! I have four Buff Orpingtons that are 15 weeks old. I brooded them in the henhouse and opened the run to them when they were seven or eight weeks (I think?) old. Since then, I have not been able to get them to return to the henhouse at night. Every time we have tried to see if they would...
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    Moving chicks to coop

    Thank you so much, this was very helpful!
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    Moving chicks to coop

    Hello! Yesterday I tried to move my 4 one week old chicks from the brooder to the coop, as our brooder is getting a bit cramped. I read up on all the articles and posts about brooding chicks outside from the get-go, and ensured there were no drafts, etc. Once I had them set up, I checked on...
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