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    Little Pluckers

    Thank you!
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    Little Pluckers

    They are only about 10 months old...
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    Little Pluckers

    I had 14 chickens and adopted 6 more from a home that no longer could care for them. Of the 6 orphans, 4 had feathers plucked from their backsides. After watching them, I noticed two little pluckers constantly abusing the other 4. I slowly introduced them to my flock, and they have been with me...
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    Egg Eater FOUND!

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    Egg Eater FOUND!

    There she is... The egg thief! I put that band on her leg. I hope the other girls don't notice it. But what now?
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    Egg Eater FOUND!

    Today I went into my coop and saw that a fresh egg had been broken open and was being eaten. I checked the girls and found that one had sticky yolk all over her beak! I threw her out of the coop and want to mark her with something to identify the egg pecker. What do I do now? I ordered one of...
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    Girls on Strike?

    Update! I think I have an EGG EATER among my girls!!!! What do I do? Today I went to the coop early and found remnants of an egg in the egg box! The yolk was seeping into the bedding and there were fragments of a shell left! Could this be where my eggs have gone? How do i stop this? How do I...
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    Girls on Strike?

    I looked around our property, but it's really hard to find where they may be laying.. we have 10 acres. I think I'll leave them in the coop for a couple days and see if it changes the amount of eggs I get.
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    Girls on Strike?

    My 6 Rhode Island Red girls have just hit over a year mark and have been wonderful layers. I have gotten 4-6 eggs per day since they started laying, but since last week, it seems that some of them are on strike! One girl went broody on me, and the production went down to only 3 per day. She is...
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    Winter feeding

    I live in PA and our winters can be pretty bad. I made a coop for my chickens that has an attached run with a roof over the run. I keep the food and water outside, but was wondering if this is going to be a problem in the winter. I have electric in the coop, so I will have a heated waterer, but...
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    Chickens won't come home to roost!

    Well, I put them in the coop for two more days, and surprisingly today, three of them went up into the coop on their own! The other three had to be shown, but I am more optimistic that they'll all figure it out soon!
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    Chickens won't come home to roost!

    I built a raised coop with a run under and beside the coop. My six-week old Rhode Island reds will come down the ramp if they are cooped up for the night, but if I don't put them into the coop, they won't go UP the ramp to their coop area!!! They will huddle in the run under the ramp all night...
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    Our version of Harriet's House

    Inspired from folks in this forum, we created our own version of Harriet's House. First, we dug up the existing area to prepare for our drainage system. After the drains and plastic were in place, we covered the space with gravel. We then began the frame, and added the dirt. Constructed...
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