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    The Coop

    Sorry, can't find the camera today. My coop has a window on the far side to give light but not directly on the laying boxes, which are elevated, and has perching bars that the last hens preferred and these never approach. The bedding is straw. As for ventilation, there's their little door...
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    The Coop

    Thanks for the reply; the coop is the only place I feed them, pellets or treats. Actually, they've decided the last couple days that they will go in to lay after all because one of our girls has suddenly decided to go broody, and somehow they don't mind going in to lay with her in there...
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    The Coop

    Coop Haters My hens won't go into the coop to lay. Or to live, for that matter. I'm on my third flock of hens in this location, and unlike the previous two, they absolutely HATE their coop. It was thoroughly cleaned before moving in a new flock, and the new flock, like the others, was raised...
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