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    Broody Hen Help Please!

    The only option I have is to out her in the barn...which is dark most of the time...I read something that says try to keep her in an area that is light for long periods of time...have you ever needed to make sure to do that?
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    PLEASE help! Chicken (and other animal) Ordinances - Residential Districts vs Non Residential Distri

    You all ROCK! Thank you so much! House hunting have been SO stressful because I refuse to give up my chickens for a house (how's that for crazy chicken lady haha) and most of the houses in our price range are within city limits or have HOAs that don't allow them :-( Guess we will be house...
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    Broody Hen Help Please!

    I had a hen go broody a few days ago, I don't have the option to do the "broody hen cage" that so many have talked about. Anything else I could try? Has anyone just let their hen go through this cycle with no eggs to sit on? I can't hatch any chicks and she has no eggs under her. Thanks so...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hi All! I hope I can up with this thread! HAHA! I currently live in Shelton, WA but we are looking at buying a house in any of the counties/cities within a 30 minute drive to Tumwater. I currently have 5 hens that I love dearly and I'm finding out that there isn't a WHOLE LOT of extra/detailed...
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    PLEASE help! Chicken (and other animal) Ordinances - Residential Districts vs Non Residential Distri

    @LindaA and @chicken-whisperer - you guys ROCK! Thank you all so much for the help! I'm also wanting to know about other animals as well - such as goats, rabbits maybe, who knows, I just would love to have some options!! :-)
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    PLEASE help! Chicken (and other animal) Ordinances - Residential Districts vs Non Residential Distri

    Hi All! Our family is currently in the process of house hunting and I currently own 5 hens. I've been searching all over this page and all over the internet to find the ordinances regarding animals and I haven't found much. We live in Washington State, Olympia area to be more specific. I found...
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    Comment by 'cblakley0531' in article 'Lacey Washington Chicken Ordinance'

    Thank you for posting this! I was just checking the ordinances on Thurston County (we are looking at house in Rochester) and it says chickens are PROHIBITED - can anyone confirm this for me or have anymore recent info than from 2012? It will BREAK my heart if I can't bring my chickens with me!
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    There's NOTHING better!

    I have 4 girls that I raised from chicks this year. I have them in a mobile coop that we move at least once a week, if not more, to keep the ground under them fresh. Due to where we live, we are unable to let them free range (which we found we couldn't after webcam already gotten them because...
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    YIKES! EGG EATERS?! :-(

    I have one hen that lays right on the spot before 9am in the nest boxes. I have 2 nesting boxes for 5 hens. I checked the boxes and there doesn't seem to be pests, the other is laying in there daily. I don't believe she's a low hen. I've been spending a lot of time watching them and the...
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    YIKES! EGG EATERS?! :-(

    Thank you all so much for your input! That particular hen that laid the egg in the run is, in fact, no longer laying in the nesting boxes :-( She was giving me the biggest eggs too! I love the idea of possibly keeping her locked in the coop for the first part of the day but unfortunately it's...
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    YIKES! EGG EATERS?! :-(

    Hey All! Tonight as I was cleaning out my mobile coop this evening around 8pm my time, I had the chickens locked out in the run. As I was cleaning it out, I noticed one of my chickens that I thought was a rooster, start acting "funny". Before I knew it, an egg hit the ground, broke open and it...
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    Started offering oyster shell, now what? :)

    Yikes you guys! So tonight I went to check for eggs and my Australorp that's been laying the most perfect beautiful eggs, laid a really odd one tonight. It was her 7th egg. It's pretty misshaped.....I'm worried she's not getting the calcium she's needing. I have it offered free choice and I need...
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    Started offering oyster shell, now what? :)

    Oh gosh! LOL!
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    Started offering oyster shell, now what? :)

    8 MONTHS!? Holy smokes! I would die of anticipation! LOL
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    Started offering oyster shell, now what? :)

    THANK YOU!!! :-) We had a second hen lay her first egg today so I'm freakin out that we have two layers now!!! :-)
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