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    Safely inhibiting/killing Common Laurel hedge stumps?

    Hi, I'd appreciate your advice on this, I haven't been able to find anything helpful on Google.... I've just had a number of Common Laurel hedge plants cleared to make space for a second 50m hen run, allowing flock rotation--and hopefully less winter mud--for our 4 hens. The largest stumps are...
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    Discouraging broody behavior

    Well, after thinking dear Pebbles was "fine" (that is normal/not broody--eating, drinking, napping) within the pen away from the RIR's early this afternoon....for the last 5 hrs and she's been up in the roost, hunched down, tail down....her eyes are bright and inquisitive, but that tail down...
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    Discouraging broody behavior

    I really appreciate the time and thoghtful help you've all given me. Yes, you are right about our coop, so the one in the picture is the Omlet Cube, elevated, and with the run extension, which is what we have. The feather picking didn't just start 2 days ago though, it's been going on since...
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    Discouraging broody behavior

    They are really only confined the first and last hour of the day, 4 hens in a space that Omlet says is suitable for as many as 10! The rest of the day they are in a big 50m enclosure. Also 3 feeders and 2 water containers. But I have a friend with 18 hens and a Roo who's son is keen for the...
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    Discouraging broody behavior

    She growled at me and fluffed up her feathers when I felt about under her for eggs a couple of times today, which sounds like broodiness? But I did wonder today if she was hiding. She has lost a lot of feathers around her neck over the last few weeks, the two RIR's can seem mean. I've tried a...
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    Discouraging broody behavior

    Hi, I'm new to hens and new to this forum. We have 4 ladies who were POL when we brought them home before Easter, and one has spent the last 2 days in the nesting box. She is the bottom of the pecking order a bit thin I noticed when I picked her up a couple of days ago, so I'd much rather she...
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