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    When Should I Start to Worry?

    She isnt displaying any of those heat stress symptoms.
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    When Should I Start to Worry?

    She keeps returning to the nesting box. I've taken her out for two days and put her in the run with her sisters and she eats and drinks with no apparent distress but eventually makes her way back into the nesting box. Last nite, her and one of the others appeared to spend the nite in the nesting...
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    When Should I Start to Worry?

    We acquired the four hens at the same time and got our 1st egg about six weeks ago and are now getting three a day. I’ve been assuming one of them hasn’t started laying.
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    When Should I Start to Worry?

    Moved her, without complaint, from the nesting box to the coop (there were two eggs under her although I can’t say who laid them since she was in the favorite of the three nesting box options). Checked back after a bit and she was in the run with her sisters milling about as normal.
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    When Should I Start to Worry?

    I’ll do that and see what happens.
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    When Should I Start to Worry?

    She’s pressed flat.
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    When Should I Start to Worry?

    No noise or poofy feathers. She’s just sitting quietly.
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    When Should I Start to Worry?

    I have four young RIRs that have been yielding three eggs a day fairly consistently for several weeks. One has been parked in a nesting box now for about 24 hours. I’m new to this and this is new to me. Should I be concerned now or later?
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    My Hens are Indecisive

    Thanks all. First nite with a nightlight and they all slept inside the coop and slept-in. They were still inside at 6:30 am.
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    My Hens are Indecisive

    I have electricity available so I’ll put the light on a timer.
  11. Freebirdbeachbum

    My Hens are Indecisive

    Thanks all. Perhaps they’re just afraid of the dark. I’ll install a night lite and hope that works. Turns out they may not be indecisive, they may be just chicken. Sorry.
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    My Hens are Indecisive

    Thank you so much for your quick reply. Would a nitelight work?
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    My Hens are Indecisive

    I’m new to this. I built a raised 4x4 coop with ramp leading down to 8x4 run with food and water, all covered with fresh hay. About a week ago, I purchased four RIRs estimated to be about 16 weeks old currently. They seem perfectly happy hanging in the run all day eating, drinking and...
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