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    Need Help and Opinions for a New Rollaway Nest Box

    Well, initially I hung the nest about a foot off the floor. The next day they were laying under the nest box so I blocked off the area around the bottom of the nest with some boards. I put some wood shavings on the laying mat for about a week then removed them once I knew they had established...
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    Need Help and Opinions for a New Rollaway Nest Box

    The HenGear rollaway nest box comes with a trainer egg and I ordered a 2nd one too. The eggs have a short chain with a clasp. Just attach it to the upper edge of the laying mat and that is it. Works great!!
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    Need Help and Opinions for a New Rollaway Nest Box

    I forgot to mention, if you are in need of a good rollaway artificial nesting mat. In one of Opa's post where he supplied his DIY rollaway nest build plans there is a link to Cutler Supply. That is where he got his mats from. The turf is slightly angled so that the eggs roll into the egg...
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    Need Help and Opinions for a New Rollaway Nest Box

    I found the first egg layed on July 29th. Unfortunately the HenGear rollaway nest was on backorder and was delivered August 12th. Me and my granddaughter assembled it that afternoon and placed it in the hen house. I placed two wooden trainer eggs in the nest and added some wood shavings on the...
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    Back Yard Chickens Again and Loving It. Granddaughter's Wish!!

    Hello... The COOPWORX feed silo is working great for me. I have it in the fenced in chicken yard. In regards to chickens dragging the feed out and wasting it, try extending the legs so that the chickens have to stretch their neck to peck the feed inside the feed holes. If it is too low to...
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    Automatic Chicken Doors

    UPDATE: I have had my Omlet automatic coop door in operation now for 3 months. I have it setup using the timer option. It hasn't missed a beat. I like really like the design as it opens left to right and not up and down. The safety device on the door works perfectly. No optical sensor to fail...
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    Question: How many Hens per Rooster??

    This is my 3rd flock. I got this flock for my granddaughter so they are pets and primarily for egg production. I have incubated and hatched chicks in the past and may do so again in a couple of years since I have 12 ISA Browns which should produce really well for the first 2 or 3 years but fall...
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    Need Help and Opinions for a New Rollaway Nest Box

    The roosts are 35" and the nest will be about 22" off the floor. I will be weather proofing the egg collection compartment with plywood and trimming it out to look nice and match the windows and doors. In the past I always did the traditional wooden home made boxes but after doing research I...
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    Question: How many Hens per Rooster??

    Thanks for the feed back. I've got 25 pullets and 1 cockerel that are 13-14 weeks old and I've got 2 pullets chicks and 2 cockerel chicks that are 6 weeks old. Looks like one of the cockerels will have to go. The oldest cockerel was suppose to be a pullet but wasn't. So, I'll end up with 27...
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    Question: How many Hens per Rooster??

    I have heard different no less than 5 hens for a rooster and no more than 10-12 to one rooster. Looking for your opinions and experiences in regards to roosters and hens in a flock.
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    Need Help and Opinions for a New Rollaway Nest Box

    Well I went ahead and ordered the large Hen Gear Rollaway nest box for the girls to start to lay in. They are on back order but should be delivered by the 1st or 2nd week in August. Planning on making it the reverse style nest box so the egg collection compartment will be through the wall of the...
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    Adding water to chicken layer feed daily is this ok?

    It's nutritious to soak the feed in water, helps break down the nutrients for the birds as well as probiotics too... and like U_Stormcrow said, helps them digest it and get more out of the feed plus their also consuming the water absorbed in the feed. I've been feeding my young girls (13 weeks...
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    Back Yard Chickens Again and Loving It. Granddaughter's Wish!!

    Hello DobieLover, I agree it is alittle tight. I was only intending to have 20-25 when I built it but in June I decided to get a couple roosters for the girls protection and also got a couple Barred Rock pullets too. I did make the roosting for 30 birds. They stay out in the yard the majority...
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    Need Help and Opinions for a New Rollaway Nest Box

    My young girls are about 13 weeks old and it's time for me to get them a nest box to get use to. I defiantly want a rollaway nest box. I've looked at building one my self but I am leaning towards buying a Hen Gear 48" or a Best Nest 48" rollaway. I think the metal nest box would be much easier...
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    Back Yard Chickens Again and Loving It. Granddaughter's Wish!!

    Hello Everyone, I've been a member here for a couple of months and just getting around to introducing myself. I live in S.E. Alabama 14 miles east of Dothan in the country. I got back into raising chickens for the 2nd time now. I was raised around the farm and my grandparents always had...
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