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    Help! My two hens have all of a sudden become enemies

    I hope so. Last time she was broody it was still fall and she could get out and stretch. Thanks.
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    Help! My two hens have all of a sudden become enemies

    I have two hens who have been raised together and have always gotten along (aside from fighting over food at times). They are almost a year old. One of my hens (Bel) is broody. I take her out of her nesting box so she will eat and drink. This seems to work well for her, but the past two days...
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    Heating the Chicken coop in Winter.. Any suggestions

    I live in MN and have a 4X4' coop for 2 hens. This is my first winter with chickens. If it is above 0 (F) I have one 100 wt bulb lamp mounted over their food and water and under their nesting box (heat rises).I also cover their coop, an A frame, with a tarp but leaving some air space along the...
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    Chicken won't come out of laying box and wont lay

    Why not?? it seems to be a theme in my life right now--being a reluctant Catholic, in MN, in the midst of politics, Chickens are my sanity. They have more common sense than the archbishop does. Enough of that. My girls are fine. Maybe fertilized eggs would make her happy!
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    Chicken won't come out of laying box and wont lay

    No unsual lumps or pain when I touch her anywhere. I am using the food grade DE recommended by the farm store who supplies my feed and bedding. It is recommended for animal and human use. I think she is broody. She is fine when I take her out to eat and clean up. She plays with Cleo, my other...
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    Chicken won't come out of laying box and wont lay

    ah yes, a frustrated young hen. But is it right for new chicks to be raised by same-sex parents????:
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    Chicken won't come out of laying box and wont lay

    Thank you Thank you Thank you. What you describe is exactly what is happening. She has her feathers all puffed up. I will keep getting her up to take care of her physical needs. This makes me feel a whole lot better.
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    Chicken won't come out of laying box and wont lay

    I have 2 hens, 8 months old. I let them out free range when I am around for 3-4 hours a day (I live in the city). They both started laying a month ago. Three days ago one of the girls,Bel, went into the nesting box during their free time (she does this when she is ready to lay) and would not...
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    Getting chickens to go into the coop

    Thanks.
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    Getting chickens to go into the coop

    I live in MN. and have a A-frame coop and run, although I let my 2 girls out during the day while I am there. We are new at this and through these summer months have had a three walled coop. We now are gettting ready from the girls to start laying and for colder weather so we finished the laying...
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    summer storms and city chickens

    Good idea. Even just some tent stakes through the chicken wire on the bottom would be better than nothing and easy to move. Hopefully we are done with the monsoons for a while! Funny though--my chickens are Belina and Cleo. Belina was the talking chicken from the Return to Oz movie of the...
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    summer storms and city chickens

    Thanks. It's good to know that yours didn't move in the wind. My instinct was to leave them there. They seemed to survive without any signs of trauma. I just had this picture in my head of the house in Wizard of Oz flying away and thought about their coop not being tied to the ground. P.
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    summer storms and city chickens

    Hi; I live in MN in the Twin Cities with two chickens in my backyard. This is my first year with chickens. I have an A-frame coop with a run built on but I also let my chickens out for variety and exercise. The coop is made to move around the yard but it is not a one person job. We just had...
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