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Hello, I am looking for help on how to ease the transition of adding new chickens to an existing flock. My new chickens have been living outside in a separate run attached side by side to my original hens for 2 months now. Originally there was a lot of pecking but that seems to have settled...

Well, not sure if the golf ball solved the problem or if she just started seeing the other girls laying in the nesting box. But for the past 2 days she has been laying in the nesting box with the rest of them!!

Hopefully once they move into the new coop, she will start laying in the nesting box. They don't seem stressed & get to be loose in the yard for a few hours in the morning & again in the evening but I understand that could be the reason. Thank you!

I'm not sure of the dimentions off the top of my head. It said it would hold 6-8 chickens but I agree it does look like they could use more room, I definitley wouldn't put 8 in there! They aren't crammed in there but they could use more room. My husband is currently building them a bigger one...

Thanks for the tip! I'm hoping that its just because they are young. They are only a little over 5 months old & she's only laid about 3-4 times! Hopefully she will figure it out, guess I'll have to wait & see!!

Thanks for the tip! I'm hoping that its just because they are young. They are only a little over 5 months old & she's only laid about 3-4 times! Hopefully she will figure it out, guess I'll have to wait & see!!

I have 6 chickens & 3 nesting boxes. I bought a ready made coop that has the nesting boxes "upstairs" with a ramp that goes down from the nesting area to the run. It's very easily accessed so I'm thinking that either she's the bottom of the pecking order or she's still young & too busy or waits...

Hello, My chickens have just started laying about a month ago. They all lay in the nesting boxes & seemed to have figured it out on their own & right away except for one! She always lays in the run in the absolute worst spot right next to their water! The other chickens are stepping all over...

Thank you so much!! I figured it was probably heat related but wasn't 100% sure! I will be out changing the water to keep it cool a little more often today & hopefully that prevents it. She seems back to herself today! Thank you very much!!

Hello, I am a first time chicken owner & have six 5 month old RIR chickens. Today when I let them out to do some free ranging, I had one that hung out inside the coop as the others came running out. When she eventually made her way out & into the yard she just stood there & stared at out shed...

Hello, I have the exact same coop as you. I was also having a really hard time catching my chickens from the part of the run that was under the coop & decided to just leave the coop door open & let them go inside when they are ready. Mine free range all day, then I heard them all back into the...

No problem! Haha too funny

Aww, they are absolutley adorable!! Can't get over how cute they are! Take lots of pictures of them, they grow & change so fast! Hope you are enjoying raising them

Thank you all for the info! Deep liter method definitley sounds like the easiest method & we will probably give that a try

Thanks, I will be sure to check that out!