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    After the breeding pen

    Thank you all for your advice. I am planning my breeding pen now so I'll be ready!
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    After the breeding pen

    Thanks!
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    After the breeding pen

    No, I can't tell who lays which eggs.
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    After the breeding pen

    21 hens in the flock, but only 6 of the ones I want to breed.
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    After the breeding pen

    He is, but there are many other chickens and in this case I would only want the best hens bred to him. I am afraid of all the chicken fights if I have these separate for awhile then put them all back together.
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    How to keep mice out of feed

    I have gotten some great ideas here for making a no waste feeder using 90 degree PVC elbows, but how do you keep the mice out at night? These feeders would be too heavy for me to bring in the house every night.
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    After the breeding pen

    I am trying to set up my first breeding pen and I need advice. My plan is to wait for a hen to go broody (whatever breed) and put her in the brooder with some eggs. Then I can quickly pick several hens, put them in my breeding pen, and put the rooster inside for two days. After two days the...
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    Dorking chickens won't roost at night???

    Thanks, I'll try that
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    Dorking chickens won't roost at night???

    Well they know enough to line up at the door at dusk and they come and go to eat so I think they know. They also have a 6" high roost that they only use to launch themselves closer to the door. I have never seen chickens like this! Do you have any other ideas?
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    Dorking chickens won't roost at night???

    My seven week old Dorkings will line up at the coop door at night and some of them will go in, but the others I have to place inside and hold something up to keep them in while I put the last ones in. Instead of sitting on their roost at night they pile up at the door crying to get out. I have...
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