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    We clearly haven't tried everything. But we're at the end of our rope. Your advice, please.

    Good point. Was worried about the same thing. If I could hang on long enough before the spouse gives her away, I was thinking of a basic Conditioning approach: like, every time she screams, a sound-activated strobe light goes off for a few seconds to distract her. Eventually, she makes the...
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    We clearly haven't tried everything. But we're at the end of our rope. Your advice, please.

    Hmmm, well then; there you have it! I guess you're right: Option #2. Thank you for weighing in. So, um, antidepressants or anti-anxiety meds are no prescribed? Then again, I guess my spouse and I could try a few. ;)
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    We clearly haven't tried everything. But we're at the end of our rope. Your advice, please.

    'Midnight' is a less than one-year-old Black Copper Marans. We've raised her, together with her three 'sisters,' Safire Plymouth Rock greys, since they were one week old chicks. As early as the first week after returning from the local Wilco, Midnight demonstrated issues. Kept in the garage in a...
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    'The Breakfast Club' is now 'open for business'.....

    Thank you!
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    Has 'egg attacks' been addressed?

    We have four hens who are seven months old. We raised them from one-week-old chicks. They live in a coop surrounded by a Run. The coop's nesting area supports all four but is designed with only two side-by-side nesting boxes separated by a very low (like 2-3" high) divider. Three of our birds...
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    Chicken Haiku du jour (#38)

    At the last audit Not 'nuff eggs to break even. Cage-free is a myth
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    'The Breakfast Club' is now 'open for business'.....

    Thank you. I suspect it was fate. Chicken People are a rare breed. ;)
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    'The Breakfast Club' is now 'open for business'.....

    We're enjoying it already! And we've only been here 24 hours. That's better than our last trip to Hawai'i. ;)
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    'The Breakfast Club' is now 'open for business'.....

    And a 'tinier' hello from Petaluma. (We're less than 60,000.) Thank you for the welcome. Very eager to share the bigger-than-life exploits from 'The Breakfast Club'.
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    'The Breakfast Club' is now 'open for business'.....

    Appreciate the welcome. Thank you. Raising four hens. What a long, strange trip it's been....
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    'The Breakfast Club' is now 'open for business'.....

    Thank you so much! Delighted to be here. And so are our hens.
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    'The Breakfast Club' is now 'open for business'.....

    Greetings from 'The Breakfast Club' in Petaluma, Calif., home to four chicks with an attitude: Maui; Fracass; Midnight; and Noir. Raised them from a week out of the shell. They've begun laying in the past month (so on or about Month 6). Though, Midnight, the Black Copper Marans, is finding that...
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    Yes, that IS a picture of me locked in a coop. My 10-year-old daughter has a wicked sense of...

    Yes, that IS a picture of me locked in a coop. My 10-year-old daughter has a wicked sense of humor. To wit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4eicvpv5ousyxc6/Dad%20locked%20in%20Coop%20%2810%2003%202021%29.mp4?dl=0
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