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    War in the coop! can you please help!

    perhaps I could add one in the corner going sideways? hmmm I will run that by the designer (aka the hubby!) LOL
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    War in the coop! can you please help!

    Thanks for the input! I don't think we can add any more roosts. I wish I could buy a small extra coop for the hens :) but hubby says my little "project" is getting crazy since he spent a fortune on making our coop :) I will try to keep a close eye on them tomorrow and see what is going on and if...
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    War in the coop! can you please help!

    Hello, Last week I added three Isa Brown, one year old hens to my existing flock of six pullets (about 11/12 weeks old). They merged fine with minimal "pecking" order the first couple of days. On night all "war" broke out in the coop. It was a lot of chickens flying and slamming into the...
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    chicken names?

    hello there! We have 5 Isa Browns (named Henny, Penny, Bella, Nugget and Zach Jr (my son!) LOL), a Jersey Giant (Mademoiselle), 2 white leg horns (Cinderella, goldie), and 1 black sex link named Delicious. My children LOVED naming the chickens! They even claim they can tell who is who :)
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    leaving chickens while on vacation

    We are having the same problem. We will be on vacation this summer. Typically we board our dogs. This year we may just have some one house sit for the same amount of money it would cost to board the dogs. This way I don't have to count on others to come twice a day to let chickens out and put...
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    Help!

    Thanks! We ended up leaving the hens in the dark for about 20 minutes so everyone calmed down. We turned off the light in the coop (its on a timer) and let the hens back in. That seemed to help a TON. The hens were on the roosting bars next to the pullets and did not care. Perhaps we will not...
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    Help!

    Sorry it should read I added three hens that are a year old.
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    Help!

    I have six pullets around 11/12 weeks old. They have been doing wonderful. Three days ago I added three year old hens to my flock! Things were going as expected! A little pecking! At night the hens roosted on one side of the coop. The pullets on the other. Tonight the hens full out we're...
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    Hello!!!

    Hello! My name is Jenni. I am a new member here at Backyard Chickens and also new to having chickens! I have wanted chickens for a few years and finally this spring I did it! We have six pullets! I have used this site constantly over the past couple of months and finally sat down to "join!". The...
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