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    Input on Pinless Peepers & Aggressive Peckers Please

    Spot on Mrs K! We want to be peace makers and keepers. Peepers are now in place. I also have a friend lined up who will take Penny if need be. She has a rooster so Penny will learn something new! Update on Ginger - pleased after only 24 hours of treatment and gentle care in her hospital pen...
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    Input on Pinless Peepers & Aggressive Peckers Please

    Thanks so much for your support. Will give it a try.
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    Input on Pinless Peepers & Aggressive Peckers Please

    Thank you for your helpful reply. My husband corrected me - pen floor is 13 sq ft per chicken. The pen is not cluttered - there are spaces for variety and we mix it up. Some prefer roosting, others nap in the chips back under coop and others forage in the sand. Sometimes they all sit in a row on...
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    Input on Pinless Peepers & Aggressive Peckers Please

    Has anyone had any success using these Weilan Pinless Peepers for Chickens Blinders? Our two Black Orpington pullets (8 mos old) have become aggressive peckers, especially after one shy Welsummer. We found Ginger bleeding badly tonight, large piece of skin ripped off her lower backside and...
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    I think cranberries ruined my chickens. (Kidding, it's all good)

    Yes! Mine act the same with raisins. They even recognize the little blue container and run to the playpen door. I always shake it a few times so the layers busy in the coop know to finish up if they want a couple yum yums. Now you’ve got me wondering… I’m going to offer some leftover fresh...
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    Broody hen affecting others’ laying?

    I’ve got a broody young Lavender Orpington Posey. Thankfully she lets me move her without aggression but soon after she’s back in her favorite box. If I block her box she moves to box #2 (we have 3 for 8 hens). Then the others only have one spot to lay. Should we just let her be? She will come...
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    Chickens stopped going into coop at night

    A few of my eight, 6 mos old girls have started doing the same thing! All summer they put themselves to bed nicely in our Omlet coop once the little light turned on. Now two to four have decided they prefer to roost on a big bar in their covered “playpen”. Each night I now have to go out with a...
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    Review by 'Redhds' in article 'Do Chickens Have Feelings?'

    Nicely explained with sweet photos. Thanks for sharing your insight. My Dottie (Barred Rock) and I have a special bond. She took to me as a 6 week old pullet and has been my special buddy ever since. Likes to ride around on my back as I clean up coop poop 😉
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    Why has my friendly hen started biting me?

    OWIE! Good thing it's okay. I had one on my back that was cancerous years ago and had surgery - was lucky. Oh the lessons we're learning, right? The best early chicken tip I read was spend lots of time in the pen quietly observing and listening to them. Talk to them, maybe sing too, but...
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    They're squatting!

    My beautiful EE Jilly Bean gave us her first egg this week! She was actually born on Easter April 20 too. The little egg was light olive green. I learned that she will only lay green eggs. Silly me thought her egg colors would vary each time. Should've gotten a few more EEs, but then again...
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    What is squatting?

    Really helpful - thanks so much. We're just starting all of the above that you mentioned this week. Always something more to learn with chickens it seems.
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    What is squatting?

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    Why has my friendly hen started biting me?

    Thanks - Let's hope so! And final rookie mom tip? NEVER EVER wear flip flops into the pen - especially after a fresh pedi. Just sayin'...🐔
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    Why has my friendly hen started biting me?

    Interesting. Is that a thing? A few of mine just starting laying this week. I noticed quite a few are more "pecky" with me and more vocal too. I have eight typically friendly girls, but this extra pecking thing is not fun, especially when visiting without treats. Also learned today that red...
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    how do i know if my hen enjoys being picked up?

    My 5 mo old Barred Rock Dottie lets me know when she wants a little love or some girl talk time with a peck on my boot or the back of my leg then a little soft squack. I have to watch out when I'm bending to scoop poop as she likes to jump on my "rump" and ride along! She's the best...
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