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    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    Once a year in the fall, when I want the manure for the garden.
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    Persistent Egg Eater(s)! I've tried everything.

    I would alter your rollout boxes so they can't get to the eggs. And eliminate the other boxes.
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    One of my hens eats her eggs! What do I do??

    We installed a rollout nest box. One of the reasons was egg eating. We were also getting smashed and damaged eggs, and excessive broodyness. The rollout box solved all these issues, and the eggs are also squeaky clean every time. We have a Bestnest, and it's awesome. I could have made one...
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    Using Home Assistant as a Coop Light Timer

    I definitely get where you're both coming from. If it's any consolation, I'm feeding on the upper end of the protein range and they have access to calcium. It's my understanding that 14-16 hours of light is the recommendation. If it seems like their fitness reduces as a result of this I'll...
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    Using Home Assistant as a Coop Light Timer

    I'm just posting this incase someone else finds it useful. My egg production tanks every fall this time of year, so I finally decided to add a light to the coop. I was going to use just an on/off timer, but got to thinking about it and realized that wouldn't be optimal. Sunrise and sunset...
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    Seeding Grass While Freeranging

    The peeps are inside currently. It's a good point though. I'll have to have them in a run for around a month once it's warm enough prior to letting them run around. Mainly due to the 4 teenage cats I have running around. I can pen the 4 adults during that time too. The seed will sprout...
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    Seeding Grass While Freeranging

    I'm pretty sure I know the answer to my question, but looking for advice anyway. I need to grass seed about 1/3 acre on my lot as a result of construction. My yard is currently pure mud. Grass seed is very expensive and I'm pretty sure my chickens will eat every spec of it I lay down. I...
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