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    Hen randomly died

    Thanks everyone. I do still have her body, but I don't know where to start as far as sending her off to a lab for testing... Neither of my hens are/were overweight so I know that didn't cause her death. They both weighed in at 4.5 pounds. I know being overweight increases their chances of dying...
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    Hen randomly died

    Hi everyone, I had a small flock of just two Polish hens. They were sisters and turned 4 years old in February. Yesterday morning, both girls were acring completely normal. I let them out of their coop into their run & fed them as usual. My family and I left for the day and when we returned, we...
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    Ideas for removable nest box

    That looks exactly like what I'm looking for! Thanks BertS!
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    Ideas for removable nest box

    Hello all! I'm about to do a sort of “revamp” on my DIY coop. Currently, it has 3 nest boxes inside that I will be removing to make room for some new hens. Instead, I plan on building 2 new external double nest boxes, one for each end of my coop, that will ideally be removable for easy cleaning...
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    Pullets laying in roost

    Sorry I forgot to update this in April. We had all those April showers...but my girls have finally figured out the nests are best! Yay!!
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    Sexing 4-wk old Polish chicks

    Those peeps should definitely be old enough now! Any update on what they ended up being?
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Polish

    Our girls are FAR from timid. They have even jumped up onto our sleeping Huskies. Love these girls!
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    Some pics of our Polish hens

    Ahhh, good to know! I've only had laced, so that explains why I never noticed a difference lol
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    Some pics of our Polish hens

    From my experience, it has never made a difference.
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    My alpha hen has been dethroned

    So sorry for your loss :(
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    Some pics of our Polish hens

    I want some buffed lace! I told the hubby the other day to expect a couple new chicks here soon, once I fix up the coop. Lol I have my SL, and my GL, now I want my BL!! Hahaha
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    Some pics of our Polish hens

    Oh my goodness!!!! Sooooooo cute! Now I'M jealous!!! XD
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    Some pics of our Polish hens

    Hope everyone had an Eggcelent Easter weekend! I know we did :D 10 more eggs!
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    Some pics of our Polish hens

    When I lived in NC, near the VA border, we had a large heated barn and built the coop in there. Ours did fine. Not sure how they'd do without the warm coop though.
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    Some pics of our Polish hens

    I think it usually depends on the type of polish hens. Ours are probably considered bantam, as they're a bit on the smaller side...not too much though, so I may be wrong. They lay eggs that are almost as big as eggs labeled “large” in the store. Just a tad smaller. They wiggle a bit in the egg...
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