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    Broody hen keeps laying!

    Perfect! Thanks! I was trying to work out the crate/ poop logistics in my head Lol. This is very helpful.
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    Broody hen keeps laying!

    That is exactly what I am worried about. I held her last night & can feel her breast bone. Was startled by how sharp it feels & nothing in her crop. I don’t need to worry about predators if I leave her in the crate in the run. I built predator-proof runs. I don’t close the door from the coop...
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    Broody hen keeps laying!

    She sleeps in the nest box at night as well. My husband has checked. I only have 3 hens in there. 2 are OE's that lay copper eggs, 1 is a Barred Rock that lays light pink/ mauve. I get 1-2 eggs a day right now. There is a copper one under the broody OE every other day or so & then I have found a...
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    Broody hen keeps laying!

    Thank you so much for answering my questions! I will try restricting her to a crate in the run for a few days & see what happens. My husband & I had been pulling her out of the nest box every time we find her in there but to no avail.
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    Broody hen keeps laying!

    Well she is. She is showing all the signs of being broody, doesn’t leave the nest box, makes noises at me as soon as I come into the coop, if I pull her out she puffs up & flattens herself on the floor making almost growling noises at me, if I kick her out of the run to have free-range time with...
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    Broody hen keeps laying!

    Yes, she is broody & doing all if that. This does not answer my question.
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    Broody hen keeps laying!

    I have my first broody hen. I have tried pulling her out & putting her in the run with the other chickens, keeping the door to the coop closed, nothing has worked out. I was hoping that after 21 days this would be over, however, she keeps laying eggs! My question is- will she remain broody for...
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    Holly berries & AGGRESSION

    The hens only ate maybe 1 each. I think a couple didn’t eat any. The roos ate a few each. Since roos are what they are & are known to be aggressive at times, I think maybe the berries amplified that.
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    Holly berries & AGGRESSION

    Right, I understand that & with their ages I have been watching, but just too much of a coincidence that all 3 suddenly raged on the same day, all within a half hour on the berries. I am thinking of giving it a few days & letting them have some more to see what happens.
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    Holly berries & AGGRESSION

    My roosters are about 10mos old. I don’t buy that something in their crop could not start to be taken up into their system tho. By your argument, if they ingested a toxin like fertilizer, this would mean it wouldn’t start to affect them until that night. I have a hard time believing that. I...
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    Holly berries & AGGRESSION

    I have 2 roos in 1 coop on 1 side of my property & the 1 other roo in a coop completely on the other side of my property. The 2 groups do not interact with eachother. They stay on their separate sides. The type of holly on your property is not in the group that contains theobromine so you could...
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    Holly berries & AGGRESSION

    Hey all- I learned something yesterday & thought I better share in case anyone else encounters this. There is a large holly shrub right next to one of my coops. When I let my chooks out to free-range for a while yesterday I noticed the holly berries were all perfectly ripe so I pulled a branch...
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    Safeguard

    Awesome. Thank you!
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    Safeguard

    Thank you!
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    Safeguard

    So was this the liquid or the paste that you used?
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