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    Sudden nesting box revolt

    Now, to make matters worse, my notoriously broody hen is stuffed up under the shed, insisting on hatching the eggs and she refuses to come out.
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    Sudden nesting box revolt

    I would but the shed is their only escape from the heat and hawks.
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    Sudden nesting box revolt

    Hi everyone, I've got six laying hens, and one Roo. They all stopped laying for the winter, then we moved from a tiny back yard to two acres. We've been using the same nesting boxes, same kind of hay flakes, and ceramic eggs and we have never had a problem. Everyone immediately took to using...
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    Predator ID and deterrent(suspected raccoon)

    Hey everyone, wanted to do an update. The rooster got himself stuck in the neighbor's yard and we can't get him out. Not really sure where he went. All 3 houses in a row keep chickens, so the search continues. The dog though was the best thing we've done for the girls. His instincts hit hard...
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    Predator ID and deterrent(suspected raccoon)

    Well, we picked up a rooster because it can't hurt. Left the dogs out with them, they're not going to bother the chickens at all, hopefully whatever it was comes back for a second snack to a real big, nasty surprise. We nicknamed our nuisance Little King Murder Mouth. Talking to the neighbor...
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    Predator ID and deterrent(suspected raccoon)

    Hi everyone. I'm in East Texas, recently moved into a home on 2+ acres, partially wooded. Thursday was the first day I have ever lost a hen to a predator (except that one time the girls got into the backyard with the dogs) I need some help identifying what it was, and then advice on how to...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    I've heard tale of the fabled double egg but I've never seen one! That one ended up being a double yolk. My husband was thrilled it ended up as his breakfast.
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Her name is BB (betty buttless) she's a barnyard mix, she's the black one. Jersey Giant, Australorp? No idea but she towers over our large Easter Egger. I'll bet that egg is a double yolk. I hope it is because it doesn't fit in the carton.
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    I have a MAMMOTH first egg, today from a mammoth hen. The white one is a large egg from the grocery store.
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    A broody Golden Comet?

    Our golden comet just went broody. She is hogging the nesting box and all the other hens are just smashing in there with her, which is only making her only more broody with all those eggs! My poor husband found out the hard way. I was feeding everyone and i just hear him shouting "she's...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Our Splash Maran's first ever egg. I am SO thrilled because she was a $15 chick.
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    Helping a bird survive heat exhaustion

    Thanks guys, I thought it was going to be a long shot. It's tough because she was our #1 hen and had a BFF who loved and followed her everywhere, they even sat in the nesting box together, even if she wasn't a layer. It makes me feel like a bad chicken momma every time, even if there was...
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    Squatting without laying

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    Helping a bird survive heat exhaustion

    She is gone. ):
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    Squatting without laying

    She laid today! Finally. I will get pictures later, we had a girl trapped under the fence today and I'm making sure she is okay right now. I had always heard squatting is 1-2 weeks prior to laying, rather than months. All the other girls were 5-8 days after squatting. At the least, it's a...
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