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    Your experience - how effective is electric netting for free ranging during the day?

    I don't use the electricity. Just the netting keeps them corralled. One new girl flew over the 4 foot fence, but now that all are settled in, they don't fly over.
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    Your experience - how effective is electric netting for free ranging during the day?

    Electric netting is very effective at keeping chickens in. Make sure you get poultry netting, as the netting is close enough to keep them from getting through. Recommend 4 feet tall. It does not keep out predators such as coyotes, foxes, hawks, and owls out.
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    1 thing I wish I knew when I was starting out...

    Three things: Heated waterer for the winter if you live where temps drop below freezing; electronic opener for pop door (I got mine, which operates by pulling the door up in the am and lowering it slowly in the pm, from add-a-motor and love it); and a poop board with one of those heavy-duty...
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    Frostbite possible this early?

    My 8-month-old RSL hens have beautiful large red combs. Today I noticed dark patches on some of them. The temps here (CT)have not really gotten extremely cold yet, but did drop below freezing a couple of times. Could they have frostbite this early in the season? Their coop is dry, with storm...
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    New Egg without shell

    I've gotten one more shell-less egg right on the poopboard underneath the roost, and one broken egg in that location. Is it possible that someone is laying the egg without getting down from the roost? They are young, so maybe still learning?
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    New Egg without shell

    I have 10 RSL hens 5 months old who just started laying. Most of the eggs are small. Yesterday I found one on the poop board under the roost (unfortunately in the midst of poop) that had no shell. I checked the litter and there was no trace of shell anywhere. The egg was perfect, and the yolk...
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