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    Leaving coop door open at night?

    Hi, I've kept chickens for about 8 years and the best investment I ever made was getting an automatic door opener and closer. I use a ChickenGuard on both my main coops. You can either get them where they are set to open and close on a timer, or where it gives you the option of a timer with a...
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    Advice - Integrating new chickens into a flock - 2 problems - feather pecking and aggression

    Hi, I think you are probably right. I've popped in & out all day & no other obvious injuries & haven't spotted any further fighting. The injuries were all on the head on one side but alot of blood. I'm probably just overly protective as I had a bad situation about 4 years ago 5 new hens pinned...
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    Advice - Integrating new chickens into a flock - 2 problems - feather pecking and aggression

    Hi All I've had chickens for about 7 years. I've got a quite mixed age flock of different types of hybrid layers in my garden, and have over the years integrated new chickens into the existing flock. Last September it was 4 Warrens and they successfully integrated within a few months. Each...
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    I did think of ducks for some time but then we got more chickens & hubby put alot of effort into fencing off a large part of the top of the garden for my chicken paradise so left it. As he said to me accusingly, "What you really want is to buy a farm! Not happening!" He knows me well!
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    Do your ducks need a pond??
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    Well it's mixed ages, the oldest two, the flock matriarchs- Madame Cluck Cluck (Bluebelle) & Gertrude Peckins (Black/Pied Sussex) do not lay anymore. They are 5-6 years old & have outlasted all the others!! But we get between 6-9 eggs a day from the others. I have regular customers, although I...
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    Help for new chicken owner please

    I expect you will be better at this than I, but at our house wing clipping 2 person job. I get my son to catch & hold while I wield the scissors!
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    Quite mixed aged range flock of hybrids. 2 x Bluebelles, 4 x Warrens, 1 Light Sussex, 1 Lilac Slash Sussex, 2 x Black/Pied Sussex, 1 Speckledy, 1 Nera & 4 (new to me) white leghorns. Just allowing 1st supervised visit of Ginger Rogers & Madame Cluck Cluck to the Leghorns atm! How about you...
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    Thanks that's really kind of you GGBEAR & DancingWithDucks!
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    Help for new chicken owner please

    I would be worried if I only had a 4 foot fence. That sort of thing is fine if you've got a really large heavy breed of bird like a Jersey Giant etc, but most hybrids or pure breeds are alot smaller and lighter. Nb chickens are jungle fowl which roost in trees in the wild!! They may not be very...
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    Hen not leting other hens in the coop during the day.

    Could you isolate her from the others for a day or two?? Then when she goes backing she may well be lower in the pecking order.
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    Here's My Coop Plan but a Few Questions

    Also if you are doing concrete it would be kinder if not all concrete. Hens need to dig, but areas that won't get muddy or get covered with debris for waterers & feeders would be a big bonus. We use hardwood chip to help with mud issues.
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    Here's My Coop Plan but a Few Questions

    I've not made my coop. I'm in UK & we got a Granary from Flyte so Fancy. One of the good things about the Granary is that you get a tarpaulin for the floor. We added catches to keep Tarp in position. Then when cleaning you unhook and pull out & unload straight into compost bin. Hose and brush...
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    Please Help My Poor Hen!

    Yes as previous poster mentioned - greens. It could be some sort of deficiency or boredom. Maybe cabbages or treats that are hung up that they need to work for.
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    Hi, I'm in a village outside St Ives in Cambridgeshire.
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