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Voted. Good luck

Love it when a plan comes together. Didn't even need a fake egg or even put one of her's in the new a-frame. I could tell this morniing she wanted to lay an egg just by her actions. After watching her go to where the old nest was, after she checked it out twice, she strolled right over to the...

Couldn't have said it better. Quote: The OP doesn't want to integrate due to the age difference of the birds and the inherent problems associated with that. The bird is a hen as the OP has stated that it is producing eggs.. While the OP is rightfully reluctant to integrate (possible damage...

Quote: That's a great idea, thanks. The a-frame is built already, it's not big, fairly light and very mobile. I think it should be sufficient enough. It's roughly 36" wide x 24'' tall x 24'' deep, built with fiberglass roof panels for the sides, pressure treated 2x4's for the framing and a...

That's our plan eventually. Just trying not to stir-up trouble for the time being with the neighbor. Plus all the other neighbors know it's his too. Quote:

Thank you. It must be a mis-understanding, we are adopting her, we just aren't going to integrate her with the others. She's always been a free ranger, I just think it would be best for the time being and that way the owner can't say we took her. Also, she's being well fed and watered. BTW...

Free eggs was exactly what I was thinking about. We are still at least 6 weeks out with ours. Quote:

Her nesting area is were I have a burn pit for burning the yard debris and where we roast oysters when in season, lots of trees. We haven't been able to burn here for a while because we are under a burn ban from the drought here in NE FL. Lucky, we finally have received some rain the last 2...

What would you do with this situation? My wife and I are trying to figure out what to do with our neighbor's hen, a Jersey Giant. She has been hanging around our run and coop for the past 2 weeks since his rooster died from a predator and at one time there was another hen. She basically stays...