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    Bee hive on coop roof?

    I can see the appeal for the idea, however I do see a concern with the weight on the roof of the coop. I don't currently have a hive, but bees do hang around my garden during the autumn and spring which is nice to see. They seem to co-exist happily with my chooks. If any of my chooks have eaten...
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    🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

    This is great! I'd like to have a beehive too. You have a nice setup. I am keen to see how your journey progresses.
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    Broody during the winter

    Because I was trying to entirely break her from being broody. She had food and water with her in the cage I made. Whenever I took her out of her nest she would immediately go back to the nest rather than scratch in the dirt and dust-bathe. I followed this advice: Broody Breaking ala Aart The...
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    My ISA wants to be broody

    Thank you! Here is she is, my best mama Hy-Line, Clover, with her new-hatched Chamomile: And here she is with her babies Cocoa & Coffee: You are correct - I think that the genetics are so complex, that it is impossible to make blanket statements about specific behaviours like "this...
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    Broody during the winter

    Martha has been broody all week. She seems fine. I take her out of her nest occasionally much to her annoyance, but she's so cute about her fussing that I'm not too concerned. It has been very cold recently.
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    My ISA wants to be broody

    Two of my Hy-Line hens have gone broody. In fact one of them was broody three times. She hatched one egg (four didn't hatch) and raised the pullet, and also raised two newly-hatched pullets. She's a good mama.
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    Broody during the winter

    Alas she is back in the nest! However I learned today that winter is not so bad for broody hens. It is the hot summer months where a hen being broody is a concern, due to the heat causing them to dehydrate a lot more. So after a few weeks of sitting in a nest and barely only getting up once a...
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    Broody Barred Plymouth Rock.

    I've heard as well about taking a broody hen for a drive in a car for half an hour? Does that really break their broodiness? I learned earlier today that winter is not too bad for broody hens (but is for raising chicks as it is too cold for them - you really do need to keep them in a brooder...
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    Broody Barred Plymouth Rock.

    She will not move for anyone. Just pick her up carefully and take her away from the nest. Lock her into a wire dog crate with some food and water and prop the crate up on some bricks. Leave her there for a few days.
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    Broody during the winter

    My Light Sussex hen, Martha, had laid her first clutch of eggs. Last Friday I found her staying in the nest much longer than usual, and when I went closer to her I heard that particular broody cluck... On Saturday she was still there...a moody broody booby as you can see...! I made a...
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    Roof sleepers?

    Chickens sleep where they feel safest, which is the highest accessible location for them. Consider building a second roof much higher above the current coop roof.
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    Chicken etiquette?

    Facebook Reels are unfortunately not real at all. They give a false sense of reality, so a consequence you feel worthless. I love my chickens, but only one of them likes me to pick her up and pet her, yet only briefly.
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    How do I get my chickens to nest in the nesting boxes?

    Some straw and golf balls in the nesting boxes will help. E.g.
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    When should my pullets have access to the nesting boxes

    I would allow them access to the nesting box from the start. Just clean up any poop! That way they see the safe place to lay eggs and learn from early on. When one of my hens was broody but had no fertile eggs, I gave her two newly hatched chicks from the stockfeed shop. For the first few...
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    Hens are not going in at night.

    It likely gets very hot inside that coop for them at night, but I do understand the need for the metal roof. My chooks sleep inside my metal tool shed. It is basically a much much larger version of your coop. And it gets very hot in there - the chooks are panting to help relieve themselves of...
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