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    Issues with PVC pipe injuring flock

    Upside down? If the opening pointed down, rather than tipping up, how could they get into it to eat? It’s 4” PVC.
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    Issues with PVC pipe injuring flock

    Yeah, the edges seem very soft. I mean, there's a lip there, but it's smooth and rounded.
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    Issues with PVC pipe injuring flock

    Yeah, it seems really smooth, so that's a good point! Maybe I'm just seeing the injury because the white PVC shows the blood. I have 18 birds, aged 6 months-3 years. One rooster, but he's a great Roo- of course he does his thing, but none of the hens are missing feathers or anything, he's...
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    Issues with PVC pipe injuring flock

    Hello! I made a feeder with a trash can and PVC elbows, but somehow the flock must be hurting themselves on it... there’s fresh blood every day. Oddly, I can’t find ANY signs of injuries on the chickens- I checked their combs, necks, and even feet. Any ideas what’s going on or how to fix it?!
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    Lazy girls sleep so late!

    They do seem to make a big deal about getting down... clucking, leaning, then backing up, till one finally makes the jump to the poop board. Maybe they need a ladder!
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    Lazy girls sleep so late!

    Maybe they're just teenagers ;)
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    Gradually dimming/ brightening lights on a timer?

    Hello! I have 8 four month old chickens. I was thinking of setting up a system that would mimic sunrise and sunset inside the coop, to get my girls on a more normal schedule... currently, they don't leave the coop until around noon, and they don't go back inside until after dark, then they...
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    Lazy girls sleep so late!

    Hello, and thanks! Nothing scary out there- if I go pull one or two down from the roost, they run outside and the other girls follow. I'm pretty sure it's light related, because the coop is so dark. I might need to have a window put in.
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    Lazy girls sleep so late!

    Hello! I have eight 4 month old hens. They have a nice huge run (900 square feet!) attached to their coop with an automatic door that opens at 7:30 am, but they don't come out until noon or even later! I've tried putting a light on a timer that goes on at 7:30, to wake them up since there's no...
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