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    Do you have a "special" chicken?

    my easter egger isn't the smartest but she is the nicest one of the bunch. She will only lay eggs inside the bag/container where I keep the pine shavings. She chases birds in the backyard and likes to be petted. Anyone else have a chicken they think is special? What do they do?
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    Help me brainstorm this shed conversion!

    We are moving. I currently have an A-frame tractor type coop: coop area is 4x4 and run is 6x4. New house has much smaller yard BUT it has a "shed" on one of the narrow sideyards. I'd like to section off part of the shed and then attach a run to it. This is the wall of the shed that...
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    got 2 eggs at once today from my "first timer" easter egger

    She's about 24 weeks old so I figured she'd start laying soon. She was acting kinda funny yesterday and today. Well she climbed on top of the bag of pine shavings - I keep it inside a black trash bag so I can close it up - and when I checked on her later this afternoon there were TWO eggs in...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    my neighbor checked on my chickens when I was out of town in August. When I got back, he told me that one of them looked funny and he thought it might be a rooster (she's an easter egger. def not a roo!).
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    First Egg from Iowa Blue

    yay!
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    "new" addition to small flock stopped laying

    I tried searching on this topic but couldn't find anything. I had two 5 month old hens and just added a 1 year old barred rock to replace one that was attacked earlier this summer. The new girl has been here just over a week and is doing well with the group. No bullying or anything like...
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    1st egg! 19.5 week old Gold Sex Link hen.

    I also have an easter egger, same age. They have been acting funny the last few days so I was hoping to see an egg soon. She laid it on the floor of the coop so I need to work on getting her to do it in the spot I made for her. Any tips for that? I have a 5 gal bucket with pine shavings in it...
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    will this roost location work or should I move it?

    got it, that answers my question, thanks!
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    will this roost location work or should I move it?

    I have 1/2 inch hardware cloth on all sides (including bottom) of the run. They will be inside the coop at night. The outside roost is only for daytime.
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    will this roost location work or should I move it?

    my apologies, i should have specified. it goes all the way through and to the inside of the coop, same setup as outside (2 feet of roosting space). I had read somewhere that it was suggested to put a roost outside as well as inside. if that won't be used, then I can move it.
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    will this roost location work or should I move it?

    I put this through the wall separating the coop from the run, it's about 2ft long and there is about 10 inches of clearance on either side of it to where the wall/hardware cloth is. Do you think it's too narrow for them to get up there or should i wait and see how it goes? Or should I put the...
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    My "dominant" hen in the pecking order is gone. Replacing?

    I've had 3 chickens since early may; one of them very early on was established as the leader of the pack. she was never aggressive but she was definitely the ringleader of the group. Today she was killed by a predator. The other two seem a bit lost without her around. Is this a good time...
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    free-ranging after a predator attack

    I've been letting my 3 girls free-range in my back yard during the day for several weeks now. Somehow in between 2:30pm and 5:30pm something attacked my favorite hen and only left feathers and a few entrails under a low hanging tree. She was the leader of the group, so now the other 2 are a...
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    Coop door -do you need one if it's enclosed in a run?

    I only have 3 chickens so for me it is fine.
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    Coop door -do you need one if it's enclosed in a run?

    I checked Dr. Google on this and couldn't seem to find anything definitive. I'm building this: http://learningstore.uwex.edu/Assets/pdfs/A3908-02.pdf and it just has a hole for the coop entrance. I live in the Portland, Oregon area, so it gets to freezing a bit in the winter but nothing...
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