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    Free Range Hens reaching egg laying age

    Update and follow up question... They are 20 weeks and 3 days old, they've locked in the run for 5 days/4 nights and no eggs. I'm about out of my current bag of chick feed. At this age is it safe to go ahead and begin transitioning them to layer feed even they aren't actually laying?
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    Free Range Hens reaching egg laying age

    I've got a coop/run with an automatic door. They all sleep in a big cedar/juniper tree in the middle of the run (they've never liked the coop, but the older hens always lay their eggs there). When the chicks were younger, they ran as a separate flock - there was a young cockeral that ran with...
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    Free Range Hens reaching egg laying age

    Good idea. No matter how many layers or nesting boxes I've had, they all always use the same box (except when they tried to hide them from me to hatch)... I'll set up some different ones.
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    Free Range Hens reaching egg laying age

    Awesome - thank you!
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    Free Range Hens reaching egg laying age

    At certain times of day they are separate off from the older hens, but most of the day they are relatively close in proximity. They definitely have a few favorite spots that I've been checking, but they could be laying anywhere. I have a ~20 yard wide, ~150 yard long tree line (edit: thick...
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    Free Range Hens reaching egg laying age

    I have 6 hens at 19 weeks old (Australorp, sex-link, plymouth rock). They're free ranging with the rest of the flock who are laying their eggs in the coup. I haven't seen any of the young hens' eggs... so I'm not sure if they just haven't started laying yet or they're laying somewhere in the...
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    Flock Behavior - two groups

    Great - thanks! We'll see how things look in a few months.
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    Flock Behavior - two groups

    Hey! I have 14 chickens; 6 adults (1 roo, 5 hens - 3 are ~1 year and 2 are ~25 weeks) & 8 (1 cockerel, 7 pullets) that are ~10 weeks. Food and water are all located in a single run/coop but they free range most of the day. There are zero issues when all 14 are together - aside from normal...
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    Supplemental heat for chicks in summer

    Awesome - thanks for the speedy replies! I've got a cut out thick plastic container they can shelter in so they'll be safe from wind.
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    Supplemental heat for chicks in summer

    I've got 6 chicks in an outside brooder - they are ~3 weeks old. It hits mid-high 90's during the day but down to mid-low 70's at night. I plug the heat lamp in before going to bed and unplug it at sunrise. At what point should they be fine without supplemental heat at night? The brooder is...
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    Is Hen Incubating Eggs?

    Only the original 3 still. Hen will go out with the chicks when they go out but still goes back to sit on the eggs... not confident any more are going to hatch though.
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    Is Hen Incubating Eggs?

    She was out in the pic. She looked like she was really struggling (its ~100 degrees) so we got her to drink some water and she was hanging with the two hatched chicks. After she got a good drink she went back to sitting on the rest... its been ~20 minutes and it looks like she's still sitting...
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    Is Hen Incubating Eggs?

    Thanks! I built a little box and put it over where she got broody on the eggs. So far 3 have hatched (1 died) and she is eating and drinking. I’ll just leave them be for a while. Hoping she’s goes back to sit on the rest.
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    Is Hen Incubating Eggs?

    Sorry, I meant how long before removing eggs that aren’t hatching?
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    Is Hen Incubating Eggs?

    First chick just hatched. I removed some eggs I could tell weren't viable over the last bit, but some were too dark to candle. How long do I give it to see if any eggs will hatch before removing them all?
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