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    Broody chicken keeping other hens from laying. Is it unhealthy for the girls that want to lay but ca

    I have two boxes and she just won't let them anywhere near the nesting boxes. She's really become kind of a nasty thing (why I have recently started calling her "hiney" because she's such a pain in everyone's you know what!), I've opened the door before and have seen her get up out of her one...
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    Broody chicken keeping other hens from laying. Is it unhealthy for the girls that want to lay but ca

    I have recently had a chicken go broody and has been broody for about a month now. Recently it has gotten to the point where she keeps the other girls from laying so now not only am I not getting eggs but my girls can't even lay them! I'm doing my best to break her habit (without the use of a...
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    HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Break my broody hen

    P.s. By crate I mean a milk crate and she has been serving time in the bathtub for about 6 days now.
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    HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Break my broody hen

    I have a broody lorp for the past three weeks and I have tried everything but she still doesn't want to break. She is currently serving time in our bath tub with food and water as well as a crate that she constantly roosts on. I was hoping the crate would help ventilate her belly and cool her...
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    why have they not started laying eggs?

    Hi, So I recently purchased three australorp hens at around four months old. It has been about three months since (so they are about 7 months old now) and they have not started laying eggs. I have done some research and am still at a loss to why they have not started. I feel like they have a...
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