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    How old are your hens?

    This is what I have heard. If you have a light in the coop for 18+ hours a day the chickens will lay year round for about 2 years. If you do not have a light in the coop, then hens will lay eggs for possibly 5 years. The egg production for hens without extra light will slow down or even stop...
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    New layer stopped laying- WHY?

    Yes - with our Australorp. Been about a month since we got an egg from her and she had only just started for a few weeks.
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    terrified hens

    Thanks for the advice. We gave away one of our roos today:(. We'll see if getting rid of the competition help calm things down.
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    terrified hens

    Sorry, I'm new at this. I guess I should have given more detail. I bought 12 female chicks about 19 weeks ago. 2 turned out to be roos. That leaves me with 10 hens. I have several breeds all raised together but the Roos and the 2 terrified hens as well as 2 other hens are supposed to be...
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    terrified hens

    I have 2 hens that are justifiably terrified of the 2 roos. They won't come off the roost to eat. If the Roos see them on the ground they attack often 2 roos on one hen. It's not like the usual mating and bossy behavior the roos show the other hens. They are 19 weeks old. What is going on...
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