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    Both chickens went from laying 2 a day to not laying in 6. What could be wrong?

    I only have two chickens and they both were laying pretty consistently. Now all of a sudden they BOTH haven't laid in 6 days. The only thing that changed was I moved their coop to a different spot in the yard. Would could be wrong?
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    Do I need to close up my hens at night with the coop / enclosure I have?

    The reason I wouldnt is that all of a sudden our girls have laid eggs in 6 days and I am nervous that we may not be letting them out of the coop earlier in the morning. Me and my wife will let them out 730 / 8. If I left the coop door open for them they would just come and go as they please...
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    Do I need to close up my hens at night with the coop / enclosure I have?

    Nice thanks for that info. Yeah that hardware cloth is stapled down pretty good. I was thinking to actually lay bricks over it to make the coop look a little nicer since its in the yard however if I do that would the vermin try and dig behind the brick or would they just not even try.
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    Do I need to close up my hens at night with the coop / enclosure I have?

    Thanks! :) We only have 2 hens right now and yes we lock them up when its sundown which is like 820. We don't get up till like 8Am so yeah that probably isnt enough sunlight. We have noticed something wrong with their egg production. They BOTH haven't laid in 6 days. We do have raccoons...
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    Do I need to close up my hens at night with the coop / enclosure I have?

    First time owner here of two girls :) I wanted to know if its necessary to close their coop door with the setup I have bought / extended. I will preface it and say we do have a lot of raccoons but I have built their enclosure with that in mind. I have the proper hardware cloth wire, I have...
  6. hypersquirrels

    Do I need to close up my hens at night with the coop / enclosure I have?

    First time owner here of two girls :) I wanted to know if its necessary to close their coop door with the setup I have bought / extended. I will preface it and say we do have a lot of raccoons but I have built their enclosure with that in mind. I have the proper hardware cloth wire, I have...
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