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    3rd season layer suddenly won’t use nesting boxes

    She is a bit lower but now that they're all laying they seem to be getting along just fine...
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    3rd season layer suddenly won’t use nesting boxes

    6 chickens and 3 boxes
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    3rd season layer suddenly won’t use nesting boxes

    We have six ladies in our flock and here in New England they just started laying again. Our ameraucana, who is in her 3rd laying season, suddenly won’t lay in the nesting boxes anymore, or even in the coop. She just lays randomly down in the run. Now, in the past she needed the fake eggs in the...
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    Possible to add just 2 chicks to integrate into larger flock?

    We'd definitely focus on getting just ladies and because we keep the hens for eggs and as pets I would never and could never imagine culling or giving any away. It sounds like raising 2 together would work just fine for them so I'll begin looking into where I can get the sexed chicks. Thanks for...
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    Possible to add just 2 chicks to integrate into larger flock?

    We have a wonderful flock of 5 hens that have been amazing for the last 2 years. We'd like to add a couple more but realistically we only have room enough in the coop for 2 more because we still want them to have plenty of space, etc. We have a great plan to raise the chicks and integrate them...
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    Using sod in the coop

    We want to put some new sod in the coop to raise it up and let the girls dig around for a bit before it turns to mud. But we’re worried about the chemicals and pesticides that might come on it. we’ve been rinsing it every day with the garden hose for a week now. Does that seem like long enough...
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    Lost our first little lady tonight :(

    We got 6 little chickies in the beginning of August and have just loved every moment of raising them. They lived in a basement brooder until my husband built a gorgeous coop for them in the backyard and since then they’ve been fantastic New England hardy gals. They were out foraging today and as...
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