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    Hen laying on poop board!

    I'd be OK (maybe) if Holly would lay on the floor. But the poop board? Really? Somehow I have failed to convey the idea of cleanliness. *sigh* I feel like a chicken parent failure.
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    Hen laying on poop board!

    I do have room. I'll give the open box a shot and see how it works. She's the only one of my hens being picky. Drives me nuts!
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    Hen laying on poop board!

    Holly has been laying about a month. She laid her first egg in the box and hasn't laid in there since. I do have wooden eggs in the boxes. I'm wondering if maybe she prefers a higher spot since the poop board is about 2 feet off the floor. Maybe she is a weird one who doesn't actually like...
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    Hen laying on poop board!

    My black copper maran hen refuses to use the nesting boxes. She insists on laying on the poop board under the roosts.The poop board is covered in PDZ. She settles in the corner and lays there. I clean every day, so it's not terribly dirty, but still....Gross! I have 10 layers and 3 nesting...
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    Rooster behavior

    That's a possibility since Chicken Jane thinks he has the other girls wrapped up. Unfortunately, one of them will have to go since there's a rooster in the new baby bunch.
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    Rooster behavior

    I have a group of ten chickens that consist of 1-year old hens and some 18-week olds. Two of our TSC straight runs turned out to be roosters. Chicken Jane (we named him before we knew he was a roo. Don't judge. LOL) has matured to the point of..errr....figuring out his "manly" duties. Oop...
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    Shell less egg

    She more than made up for the dud yesterday. Her normal large egg is on the right. On the left is this morning's egg. Poor Clementine! I can't wait to crack this one. I'm curious to see if it's a double yolker.
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    Shell less egg

    I kind of figured it was just a new layer quirk. Thanks so much for the explanation. I'll just wait and see what tomorrow brings.
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    Shell less egg

    Great minds think alike. Well...something like that. LOL
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    Shell less egg

    They're on layer feed and they have free choice of oyster shell. So I'm wondering if this is maybe just a "new layer" quirk? Still not sure about why under the roost when she's been faithfully laying in the nesting boxes, though.
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    Shell less egg

    Two of my RSL girls have been laying for a week. Today one of them laid a shell less egg. She's been laying in the nesting box faithfully, but today this one appeared under the roost. One of my other girls (the Wyandotte) I think laid her first one today. Could the shell less egg just be a...
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    Oyster Shells

    One of my five hens (all the same age) just recently laid her first egg!! She's the only one laying at the moment. I put out some oyster shell for her to have if she feels the need. I've been assured the other girls wouldn't touch it. However, I've noticed ALL of them eating it! Does...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Cinnamon Queens are a hybrid chicken. They have several names, but all are Red Sex Link chickens. I don't live in AZ. I'm in GA. The chicks do sound interesting and I wish I could get some of them, but, alas, I'm too far away. I've been keeping up with the "how to keep chickens cool"...
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    New Chick

    I've been researching and reading for a while now. I'm so excited to have finally taken the plunge and can't wait to start getting my own eggs.
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    Arizona Chickens

    I'll be getting 2 Cinnamon Queens, a Golden-Laced Wyandotte, a Speckled Sussex and an Easter Egger.
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