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    Breed thoughts?

    Friend of ours found this little guy in his back yard. Thoughts on what it is?
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    A contest for the duds!

    Officially Dud free! I have 6 girls and yesterday got 6 eggs! So excited! :ya
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    Pecking

    I find if I coop mine up too long in the coop, they get bored and testy with one another. Not sure how cold it is where you are, its around 20F here in Eastern WA. and I open up the coop door every morning till dusk, shovel a small area, and put straw down for my girls to hang out, get some...
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    A contest for the duds!

    I think you are absolutely correct!
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    Help my girls are attacking me!

    Yep, gotta show those girls who is boss! I spent about a week and half showing two of my girls.... I'd do all of the above advice, but when ever I turned my back to leave one of my girls would start at me pecking the back of my leg with purpose. I would turn around and and without hurting her...
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    A contest for the duds!

    2 of my four duds are no longer duds!!! And 1 of my two duds was spotted in the nesting area for the first time...It's a happening!
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    Thinking chickens: a review of cognition, emotion, and behavior in the domestic chicken

    Exactly right!
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    If you build it they will ignore it

    It took about 2 weeks for mine to get to know their new dust bath. I had to lure them in with grubs just to let them know it was a safe area. Now they use it all the time.
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    Thinking chickens: a review of cognition, emotion, and behavior in the domestic chicken

    Great read! My favorite pass time is sitting in my chicken run with my coffee, just watching my girls interact, not only with each other but with me, the dogs, cats, birds flying over head and simply the world around them. I am amazed by their funny behaviors and every so often am not sure if I...
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    A contest for the duds!

    :celebrateYes, one of my four duds is no longer a dud! Gertie, my buff Orpy has layed 3 beautiful tan eggs this week.
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    A contest for the duds!

    Just had one of my 4 duds squat for me today... added 2 extra nest boxes in a different area of the coop...seeing if that might entice a couple of them to lay! :confused:
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    My Alpha Hen is the most submissive to me... is this normal?

    Mine is too, and oh boy, I have another hen that likes to attack me and I have to gently give her a little boot back every now and again. When I do, my sweet top hen gives her a serious what for...as in grabs her by the back of the neck and holds her down for a sec or two as if to say don't mess...
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    A contest for the duds!

    25 and 28 weeks old - still no eggs from my 2 Buff Orpies, or my 2 Light Sussex :( On the bright side my 2 Cuckoo Marans are laying almost every day! I'm getting 12 a week from them...most impressive!
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    Nobody puts Baby in the corner!!

    Yep, dividers for individual privacy and fake eggs to show them where you want them to lay.
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    Why is my hen attacking me?

    I have a hen doing the same thing. She used to be my friendliest, but then she established her dominance on the rest of my gals and now is attempting it on me. I use the pushing her to the ground method to establish myself as boss and it works for about three days and then we need to have the...
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