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  1. M

    Do your hens sleep in the nesting boxes?

    Hens poop where they sleep! Adds germs to the eggs. no sleeping in the nesting boxes. We cover them up at night when someone is broody, and open them during the day.
  2. M

    will the teen girls find their way to the roost at night?

    ok, good help
  3. M

    will the teen girls find their way to the roost at night?

    ooh, thank you. We cover the nesting boxes when one of the hens gets broody, and have been doing the same when the teen girls started sleeping in them.
  4. M

    will the teen girls find their way to the roost at night?

    The lower bar is staggered to the right about 2 feet lower and about 2 feet away from the higher bar;
  5. M

    will the teen girls find their way to the roost at night?

  6. M

    will the teen girls find their way to the roost at night?

    We have Seven 11 month old hens and 4 teens about 14 weeks old. 2 bars, one higher that the hens sleep on, one lower to the ground. probably 6 ft long (times 2)
  7. M

    will the teen girls find their way to the roost at night?

    They did sleep in the nesting boxes for 2 nights. but they poop where they sleep. On the plus side, it would be warmer. We don't allow the hens sleep in the nesting boxes.
  8. M

    will the teen girls find their way to the roost at night?

    We added four 8 week old girls to the flock about 2 months ago. During the day they now free range with the hens. Last week we removed their teen sleeping crate and fencing within the chicken run and moved them to the hen house with the big girls. (same space without the restrictions.) The...
  9. M

    Hooray!

    Thank you
  10. M

    Hooray!

    Can you tell me what breed Goga is? and at what age did she start laying?
  11. M

    Hooray!

    what breed is she?
  12. M

    Egg production is down.

    We have 8 laying hens about 7 months old. Our hens usually lay 6-8 eggs daily..but yesterday there were only 3. Could it be the heat? poop and eating seems normal. I've been cooling off their water every couple of hours.
  13. M

    Hen won't leave the nesting box.

    No roosters. One of our hens started hanging out in the nesting box all day and night. What should I do to break this behavior?
  14. M

    Overfeeding chicks?

    Same, our chicks are 20 days old and eat tons. I wonder they eat too much. Thanks for asking.
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