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    My chickens started eating their eggs. How do I make them stop?

    Love my roll away nest boxes. Might be worth a try. I built them after watching a few videos, was pretty easy.
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    Bucket De-icer too scary?

    I seem to have noticed the same thing, I see my birds drink from the bucket With a heater occasionally, but when I fill the frozen waterer in the morning, they all run to it like they were bout to die... Silly birds
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    Pure black Australorp?

    I have 2 austrolorps and their eyeballs are straight black. My 2 sex links look similar, but have red and black eyes , like yours. The sex links also have the red feathers under black on their neck, like yours.
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    Looking for building plans for this coop. Thanks!

    One last thing, I see some variation in the doors for your coop design. If I were building , I would opt for a larger door. Almost the entire front of my coop opens, and it has been really handy for cleaning and other tasks.
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    Looking for building plans for this coop. Thanks!

    Happy to help. Those pictures aren’t great, but hopefully you got the idea. They weren’t too tough to build.
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    Looking for building plans for this coop. Thanks!

    Here are my nesting boxes, the floor is set on an angle (14 degrees) so the eggs roll into a separate area for easy collection. Maybe you’ve had a different experience, but I had problems with hens pooping on the eggs. The new boxes have stopped that completely. Also keeps eggs away from hens...
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    Looking for building plans for this coop. Thanks!

    That looks a lot like mine. I don’t have a plan for it though. I’d be happy to get the measurements and such. I built it on a budget, used a lot of odds and ends, other than the pieces of siding. I took the time to make rollaway nest boxes and it was definitely worth it! If your considering...
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    Feeding a nonlaying hen

    Thanks, my EE quit laying righr around winter solstice, Im sure she will get going again. Im in NW where days are very short now. I feel lucky some of my other birds are still laying regularly. This is the first winter for all my birds.
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    Feeding a nonlaying hen

    Right? I was really hoping that I didn't hqve to try to separate one bird. Wouldn't be easy.
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    Feeding a nonlaying hen

    Thanks everybody, maybe Ill cut back a bit on treats. I don't suspect that my birds are forgoing their food because of treats, but I was often opening the coop door early, and throwing some scratch down as a habit. It makes sense to me to stop that and let them fill up on their layer feed. My...
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    Feeding a nonlaying hen

    Got it. Thank you,
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    Feeding a nonlaying hen

    Hey all, thanks for helping with my flock. The girls REALLY appreciate it! My lone EE has stopped laying. Its been at least a 10 days. Is it okay for her to eat the 16% feed? She's a tough bird, but I thought I had heard chatter about the high protein being bad for non layers. Also, I mix...
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    National oyster shell shortage?

    I need feed, I hope this isn’t the case in my area.
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    Ador vs ChickenGuard vs Omlet door

    I’ve had the chickenguard for a few months, I love it! No issues so far, and my birds are more secure.
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    Finally Australorps

    Congrats!
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