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    Chickens attacked

    The coop is predator proof, except for maybe a small snake, when it’s locked up so hopefully if it does return it’ll get discouraged and leave. I will get some antibiotics tomorrow. As far as what it could be, I live in central Florida so it could be a raccoon, opossum, hawk, owl, or fox. In my...
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    Chickens attacked

    So this weekend was hectic and I forgot to lock up the coop Friday and Saturday night. Sunday I go out to fill up the feeders and waterers and find that only 8 of the 10 hens are around. I found one of my Barred Rocks on a rock pile with its head bloody and tore up. I went to pick it up to bury...
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    What to clean egg covered nest box with

    I have 2 nest boxes, a 3’ long roll out and the typical 12”x12” you can find at TSC. 7 or 8 of the hens would use the 3’ and 2 habitually laid on the floor so I built and installed the 12”x12”. Now all but 1 use the little one and every day I’m getting 1, sometimes 2, broken eggs. The eggs are...
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    I finally have egg layers!

    I’m assuming since they’ve just started laying I shouldn’t eggspect any consistency yet? Saturday and Sunday I got 3 eggs each day, Monday I got 5, yesterday I got 2, and today only 1.
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    I finally have egg layers!

    Thanks everyone and congrats Raptorchick!
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    I finally have egg layers!

    Got 5 eggs today! 3 of which are really small. The bottom 5 are the ones from today.
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    How to add poop board or an alternative

    Hey all, I am looking for ideas of what to use/ how to install a poop board or something similar that I can clean off weekly. All 10 hens roost on the top bar. Every now and then I will find 1 hen on the lower bar but I don't think she's there all night its usually at dusk when I'm closing the...
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    I finally have egg layers!

    Thanks everyone. Got 3 more today, all intact. Is the speckled one normal? I don’t think I’ve ever seen an egg like that lol.
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    I finally have egg layers!

    I have 10 hens, 3 RIR, 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Golden Comets. Went out to let them out off the coop this morning and a RIR comes out running holding half an egg shell. I look in further and find a 2nd that has its side busted out. Just got home from SeaWorld, went out...
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    Safer Living Through Bribery

    I have never really shown mine any affection or given treats and all I have to do is the usual "here chickies" and they come running.
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    I guess its time to clip wings

    I have 10 chicks, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Golden Comets. Their hatch date was Oct 1, 2018. They've been roaming around their 1200ish sqft yard for 2 months now but for the past 2 weeks they've been flying up to the top bar of the gate and jumping...
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    4’x8’ coop

    So I hung the feeders a bit too high I think. So I grabbed some extra pavers I had and made a little platform for them. They seemed hungry, poor things.
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    4’x8’ coop

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. Chicks arrived Oct 1 all alive. They sent 10 instead of 8, they gave me an additional RIR and PBR supposedly both females. One barred rock struggled with pasty butt the first week but all 10 are still alive and are growing so much faster than I...
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    They have arrived!

    I was warned it would happen and I knew it would eventually but it finally happened. I knew it would be soon and they were jumping and they glide pretty well. It happened yesterday, my sister called me freaking out saying one had escaped. The other chicks were frantic and my wife’s cat was just...
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    Brooder pics and a couple questions

    And here is a link to the thread that has recent pics of the chicks if anyone is interested. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/they-have-arrived.1275209/page-3#post-20531055
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