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    How Quick Need to Gather Eggs

    My two chickens just started laying and are doing it at odd times of the day. One generally lays around 10AM and the other at 2PM. Not a problem except that I'm not always there to get the egg. We're having 100 degree days here in Texas and I'm concerned as to how long they can sit out in the...
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    Getting Chickens Back Into Their Coop

    Thanks for the helpful comments. I went out and looked in the tractor. In one corner of a nesting box I found a pile of what looked like the larval stage of some kind of insect. Looked like maggots, but smaller. So I washed the chicken tractor out and we'll see what happens tonight. I'll...
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    Getting Chickens Back Into Their Coop

    I'm a new member and new to chickens. And I've run into my first problem. When I got my two chickens, they were about three months old. I have an old chicken tractor with two nesting boxes. I kept them in it for a week and then let them out during the day. At first they very willingly went...
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