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    How to discourage hens from tearing up my flower bed with bark mulch.

    I have been reading up on this for a couple years and the concensus seems to be that it is impossible to keep chickens out of your flower beds. However, my stubborn self just wouldn't accept this and I have come up with an idea that is working so far (it's been several weeks and my girls are...
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    When to try again...

    I hope she straightens out, I don't want to lose her egg production! She seemed to be "top dog" and bossed everyone else around. I don't have a roo so she took on the role of 'protector' I guess. I was thinking of trying after the weekend, that would be 4 days. Do you think that is enough...
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    When to try again...

    Have you tried keeping the Rhode island red off the roosting bar instead? If it was pitch black outside she wouldn't be able to find her way back on. I took her out completely for a few days. The new girls are a little over 3 months and almost as big as the older ones, just not as filled out...
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    When to try again...

    I went and sat out side the runs and watched for quite awhile and found that one RIR in particular was being VERY aggressive!! She was attacking and grabbing the little ones by the face! I took her OUT and put her in my chicken tractor (chicken time out!) and the other big girls were much...
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    When to try again...

    My original run is 12X16 the addition is 10x14 with the little ones taking up about half of that. The coop itself is 6x8. I have an automatic water & feeder system. They have been drinking out of the same water since March (it is reachable on both sides of the runs. I did add extra water in a...
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    When to try again...

    I know there are a lot of threads on introducing new hens to an existing flock & I have read them all (well, pretty much all) and I have watched videos on the subject, really trying to educate myself before having to do it with my flock. My laying hens are 1 1/2 years old but I'm down to only...
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