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    leave old egg in nest?

    hmm..I wonder if I should have left that old egg on the hen's nest that hasn't lay'd again since I broke up her broodiness w/ her first clutch. it's been about 5 days...like I said..we have golf balls everywhere ..I wonder if that confuses them lol!
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    Can I watch my hen lay?

    Love all these stories lol! Esp growing up sitting in the hen house waiting to see the hens lay ..what a crack up..and a much better way to grow up observing nature then in front of a video game ;-) So I went out there today and she was fine until I got too close..she let our one sharp...
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    Can I watch my hen lay?

    Yesterday I saw one of my two hens go in her nest box (my hens are free range) to lay. I wanted to go out there and watch but I was afraid it would make her nervous and not use the nest box (especially since her and her sister had made other nests on the property that we had to hunt down and...
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    Such a sweet rooster

    I have a Rooster and two hens..this is all new to me as well. they are about 5 months old and I started noticing my rooster doing this a couple few months ago too. It's so cute! He will even pick up treats and feed it to the hen..hold it in his mouth for her to peck it out. But the hens sure...
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    why dont my chickens love me?

    I got my 3 (two hens and a rooster) when they were a couple..maybe 3 weeks old. I don't know what kind they are as Maui has wild chickens everywhere and these just seem to be the local kind you see. They are always afraid of my hands if I reach for them but find they follow me everywhere if I'm...
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    leave old egg in nest?

    We let them out btween 7 and 8 a.m. I don't have a screened in part to the coop yet..it's fully closed w/ little holes here and there in the wood for ventilation so I don't wanna keep them in there too long. The rooster is usually crowing like mad when I go out to let him out. When I noticed...
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    leave old egg in nest?

    Hi..my two hens just started laying. (they are about 5 1/2 mo old) They free range in the day and so I did not know where their nests were. We finally found both the nests..one with 12 eggs and one with 14. We took all of the eggs off except for one because I am hoping they will still use these...
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    how old do chicks need to be to stand 50 degree weather at night

    Quote: haha! I'm glad it helped! I love my chickies in my office here w/ me..but it's really not gonna work much longer!
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    how old do chicks need to be to stand 50 degree weather at night

    Sounds like they just might be okay out here then. we warm up in the day too..so at least they don't have to be cold all day. I'd so much rather put my time/money into making the dog kennel on our property ready as their coop then having to do an in between one as well. We have a two sided...
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    how old do chicks need to be to stand 50 degree weather at night

    Hi everyone..I'm a new baby chick owner I have searched and searched the net and can only find info stating that babies start out at needing 95 degrees and then can be taken down 5 degrees every week. then it says they can go outside (some say 1 month some say 2 months..or when they have all...
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