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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    By some miracle our broody hen slept on the roost last night and isn't in the boxes this morning, after four days separated in the tractor. Yay!
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    She isn't happy in the tractor, walks around all mad all day. Her breastbone feathers are growing back a little. We've blocked off the boxes and let her back in at night with the others but she's sleeping on the floor and not on a roost. On the bright side we had a record number of eggs from...
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    Built the Coop, Run and have the Chickens... Now What?

    We are using the deep litter method and we throw bags of leaves from the yard in the enclosure. We have tons of leaves and they love playing in them, digging and breaking them down. I plan on removing most of the thick compost in the fall and adding leaves again all fall and winter. They would...
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    That makes sense!
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    Your routing too soon. :( Next box over IS what my broody's do when they get kicked out by another girl! :old Do you mean I moved her out too soon? She changed boxes after I blocked the entrance her favorite box.
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    Yes, as we moved the tractor I thought about that! I'll keep an eye on her.
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    Yes, it has no floor. I made it out of leftovers from my husband's extensive wood collection. You lift it with handles to move it around and plop it down over grass in the yard.
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    Thanks. I guess we'll try that tonight and get out early enough to let the others lay in the am if they want to.
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    No, thankfully. All girls!
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    I'm going to put her in the tractor, inside the enclosure. What do you do at bedtime? Not sure if she's been sleeping in the box or not.
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    The kids say she got in the next box over :bow
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    Thanks everyone. She's most likely laid a few times before. We have three Ameracaunas and have had a steady two blue eggs a day for a couple of weeks. She flattens out, make a weird guttural squawk and threatens to bite you when you try to take her out. Once out she will sit down for a while...
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    Her bare area is her breast bone and after some looking I'm wondering if she's broody. I didn't think new layers or not yet laying hens could get broody.
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    Broody hen in first laying season and fall???

    I have a hen just about of laying age and she's been in the box for the majority of three days. I thought she was just figuring it out like a couple others did, but when I picked her up today I noticed the feathers are gone off her breastbone. Do we parasites? If so, what do I need to do? I...
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    Help with 4 wk old chicks

    Thank you everybody! It's so wonderful to have this board.
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