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We are so excited...we got our first egg tonight! I thought for sure that one of the girls was laying an egg this afternoon with all the cackling that was going on in the coop. I waited for things to quiet down and went out to check but no eggs. Tonight after dinner the kids went out with my...

Thanks. I was thinking the same thing. I am not so concerned about predators based on where they are but it is getting cold at night. My husband thinks that if they are cold, they'll go in. Do you think this is true? I was thinking that they choose that spot as their roosting spot and will...

We just finished building the nesting boxes and put them in the coop for the first time, not taking them in and out at night : )

We got our chickens at the end of April and just love them so much! Yes, I can easily lose track of time watching them, lol! We have two white leghorns, 1 nh red and 1 barred rock. I got them from someone who got an order of 12 at the hardware store and didn't want them all and we didn't want...

Hello! New to BYC and live in NH on the VT border. Any other folks in my area?

Hello from NH! We are new to chickens too and look forward to getting to know you!

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Thanks! I will try to get some pictures to post. Not the best photographer, lol!

Tonight it's pouring rain and windy and they are on top of the door all huddled up. Granted there is a roof, it's still close to the outside of the run and I can only imagine they are getting wet. I don't understand why they wouldn't go in the coop?

We are new to chickens and are loving every minute of it! Our girls are about 20 weeks old now and I noticed in the past week or so that Frannie our barred rock is starting to get some teal coloring in her feathers. Is this normal for a barred rock? I don't recall ever seeing this before but...

Yay! Can't wait until our girls start laying!

So our girls have not used the roost in the coop to sleep. They started sleeping tucked up together inside in a corner when we first moved them out to coop. Then we left the pop door open one night when we got home late, we found all four girls sleeping on top of open pop door inside the run...

The girls got dried oats and grapes this morning.

Yes, her comb is flopped over. Just put the nesting boxes in the coop tonight so hopefully those eggs will be coming soon. Betty is the friendliest out of my four which is funny because I had heard that white leghorns are very flighty around people. She has been great : )

Great! Thanks for all the ideas everyone! We put the nesting boxes in the coop tonight and started with the shavings since that is what we have but now have lots of different ideas to try!