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    Roll away nest box

    A quick Google search brings up this link: http://www.southernagrarian.com/building-a-roll-away-nest-box/
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    Recovering from illness - but being harrased now!

    Wow these gals are meaner than mean! I don't get up at sunrise like them, but when I got down at 6:45 this morning they were chasing her and trying to crush her as well! It seems like she has a plenty of energy so far to run away, so I don't think she can be too sick. I let her out alone in the...
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    Recovering from illness - but being harrased now!

    Flock of 12 commercial brown leghorns all born on same day (May 2010) and been together from day one. No roosters. Never a single skirmish or fight that I can remember. One gal became sick a few days ago, and stood in a far corner all by herself all day. Looked kind of puffed up top of her legs...
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    coming home

    We used to have this problem, every evening we had to pluck them from the trees around the coop, and sometimes one would get really high up a tree. We finally kept them confined in their coop for a full week (ignoring their protests), and have not have a single one roost outside the coop ever since.
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    Will hens miss rooster?

    Separated him this morning, he has been in my garage for a couple of hours, my friend is coming soon to pick him up. But HELP!! one hen is bleeding (head area - I haven't caught her yet to examine properly) I think the pecking order is kicking into place real quick now that he's gone
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    Will hens miss rooster?

    We have 12 hens and one Brown Leghorn rooster. We are thinking of giving him away . He is good tempered but too noisy for the neighbors so he's going. Now at first when he tried to mount the hens there would be a big ruckus and yelling but nowadays they seem to actually "enjoy" it or at least...
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    How Dark Are Your Yolks?

    Do a quick search on this forum for "rich yolk color". It has been asked and answered many times. See here for example: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1519528
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    Brown leghorns - dark color on beak?

    Thanks for the reply. I'm talking about the beaks not the legs, whereas the beaks aren't The legs are all yellow. Would the 8-10 week timeline you mention be true for beak color as well?
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    Brown leghorns - dark color on beak?

    I have tried researching this quite a bit but have not been successful in finding the right answer. From what I do find it appears that they should usually be yellow. Is there anything I can feed them etc, to help them get rid of the dark pigments in their beaks. Excuse my newbieness please!
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    Brown leghorns - dark color on beak?

    We have 15 2-week old single combed brown leghorns. Their beaks were yellow, but after a couple of days they all have brown/black on them on the part closest to the body. I researched brown leghorns before I ordered them and all pictures of them they looked like their beaks were always yellow...
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