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    Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying

    I did let her out - and the sneaky hen - she ran under my car and sat down. After about 5 minutes, while the rest of the flock scattered, she "ran" into my horse barn and disappeared. Her nest is behind some stored boxes, horsey stuff piled against the wall, and garden tools also against the...
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    Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying

    Since it's been 2 weeks, I presume if there are chicks in the eggs, they are pretty well developed - and I wouldn't want them to "die" in the shell. So thanks for the process to use. I have to take our ggson to the library now for a couple of hours. How long can she be away from the nest? I...
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    Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying

    I've had a hen "missing" for about 2 weeks - thought a hawk got her. She showed up this morning very hungry, but looking good. I suspect she has eggs out in the grass, but that's too large an area to inspect for a nest. We do have hawks, so have been penning up my free range hens and now I...
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    Box Elder Bugs

    so, would you plant box elder but away from your house but next to the chicken yard?
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    Combining chicks from different sources

    well, I went to the coop and some of the chicks in the tank decided they were big enough to be out - so they hopped onto the waterer and onto the side of the tank and down into the main area. I looked at them and the 3 larger chicks seemed okay with them sharing the space, so I caught all the...
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    Combining chicks from different sources

    I too need to combine chicks - 20 at 4-5 weeks old with 3 7-week olds. The 20 are in an oblong horse water tank with a warm-light, in the same large pen that the 3 are able to run around in. The large pen also has a warm-light. Both places have water and feed. If I lay the water tank on...
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