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    Stuck Chicken?

    Success! I dug a bit deeper and lured her close with watermelon, then managed to pull her out!
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    Stuck Chicken?

    I fed her some watermelon and if I haven't gotten her out tonight I'm going to try squeezing a cake pan under.
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    Stuck Chicken?

    I'm concerned about the water part. I've put a bowl out by the shed but I don't have anything narrow enough to shove under there with her. Fortunately it's not ungodly hot today, but we're still pushing 90...
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    Stuck Chicken?

    Well she didn't come out at all last night. I'm afraid she's forgotten how she got under in the first place! I dug up a paving stone at the corner where she's hanging out and am trying to entice her out with pellets. She's stuck her neck out, but no further. Still waiting!
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    Stuck Chicken?

    Came home today to find only one of my two hens in the run. Uhoh, I have an escapee! An inspection of the yard turns up nothing, but this has happened before (different hen) and a little waiting had her wandering back from wherever she had been. So, I waited a few hours. Nothing. It's...
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    Nesting Boxes, Cover, and Heat

    After losing my first hens to the heat, I'm ready to start out again. I brought home two Delawares today, but I want to get some advice on a few things so that I do better by these hens. I've made some changes already but I did want advice on something. My current concern is the coop/nesting...
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    Heat wave claimed life of my hen Daisy.

    So sorry. I lost all three of mine yesterday. We also hit 108+humidity and it was just too much.
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    Lost a chicken...

    Hahaha, after an hour searching the yard, in bushes, under the deck, I finally give up and go inside... and not five minutes after I made that post I look outside and see Marsala wandering around. Silly chickens!
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    Lost a chicken...

    Ever since I started letting them out to free range a few hours a day, my chickens have become escape artists. I came home from the grocery store and saw Pot Pie and Nugget wandering around the yard. I fixed up their latest escape hole and shooed them back inside, figuring that Marsala was in...
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    how long does it take for a chicken to lay an egg after transportation

    I had one start laying right away. The other two took almost two weeks before they started.
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    Normal Behavior?

    Probably a stupid question... I got my chickens a few weeks ago. They're finally all laying well so I figured I'd let them out of their run to free range a bit. They walked about six inches out the gate and immediately dug themselves into the dirt and are having a grand old time rolling...
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    New to Chickens

    Hi all I'm a brand-new chicken owner, having picked up three hens on Tuesday of last week - Marsala, Nugget and Pot Pie. I think they're Rhode Island Reds, but I'm not sure. One of them started laying right away, dropping one egg every other day. Nothing from the other two yet, but I'm...
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