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We made a pvc feeder about 4 weeks ago like the one called Dine-a-Chook sold from Australia. We watched some video's on youtube before making it. I'm sure it is made as shown on the video's. At first it was great, we went away for the weekend and came back with plenty of food still in the...

I forgot to say, the hens have been laying since last July or August and I have never had this problem until recently. They are all the same age.

I have 6 Buff Orpingtons. They have 3 nesting boxes, although mostly they use two. Their nesting boxes aren't near the ground. The nesting boxes have a couple inches of fresh pine chips in them. The house has two small windows for ventilation, they are high up and it isn't very bright in...

oops meant two were in the laying nests, and one was on top. Thanks for the answers, I'll just hope they felt like laying around today. Maybe they'll come out this evening. They usually make a bee line to the far end of the run when they hear the back door open. Its just so odd that they...

Nope, I checked for snakes, there isn't one. The area under the coop is fenced with wire that has very small holes, just for that reason, the wire is underneath, also. Only a little snake could get in it but I'm sure there wasn't one there. Didn't see a hawk. We do have some big hawks around...

I haven't seen any gnats around them. The weather is hot, its about 90 degrees but today the wind is blowing and it doesn't feel too bad. Last week they stayed out when it was 96 degrees. They normally stay out in this type of wind. Their coop has an area under it, that they normally lay...

We have 6 Buff Orpington pullets. They are 16 weeks old and this is the first time we've raised chickens (we were kids our parents raised chickens but we never have). We've had them since they were 4 days old and they've been healthy and happy. Every morning when I go out about 6:30 am to let...