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    HELP!!!!!!!!!!! ALL of my hens have stopped laying eggs!

    Well, at least I'm not alone! Eleven chickens, getting zero to one egg a day for the past month or so. They went into molt but they seem good now, they are all about a year and a half old and have been great layers up until a few months ago.
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    with storm coming, let hens out?

    I live on the coast of Rhode Island. I am letting them out of the coop, but not out of the pen. I don't want them blowing through the yard!
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    Lawn Destroyers!!

    We have 11 hens that we have had for about 1 1/2 years. We have always let them free range from about 4:00 PM until dark with no problem. This past week they have all decided to destroy my lawn. I mean tear the crap out of it in large areas. Not just one naughty girl, but all of them! Like it's...
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    Chicken in the grass

    She seems okay today..I'm starting to think maybe she got into the beer that was on the table. Would she? Possible I guess!
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    Chicken in the grass

    Yes. It was about 85 degrees.
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    Chicken in the grass

    Yesterday one of my RIR's just sat in on lawn for hours. I have 6 RIR and 5 BR that go I let out to free range each day around 4:00 while I'm home to watch. Usually they all know the routine, Run out, peck, peck, peck, dust bath, etc. But she came out about 15 feet, and sat in the middle of the...
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    Will hens lay in the winter without an added light source?

    Our chickens are a year old now, so I'm still new compared to many on the forum, but I have been through all the seasons with the girls. We have 6 RR and 5 BR, we live in Rhode Island, we had a fairly mild winter last winter, but it gets below freezing regularly and it's dark and gloomy for days...
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    Is this a rooster???

    Thanks for all the input!!! Looks like "Hen" it is!!! That makes me happy!
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    Is this a rooster???

    Happyhens120, here is another photo, tought to get something closer. He/she is camera shy!
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    Is this a rooster???

    Yes, the RIR in the photo. Would you have a hen that is more mature than the others even though they were all purchased as chicks at the same time?? She also has little bumps were the spurs would be on a rooster. Do hens have that? I thought at first that she was a hen that would be the first to...
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    Is this a rooster???

    I have a flock of 11, 5 Barred Rock and 6 RIR, that are 15 weeks old. I have one that seems different than the others..could she be a he???
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    Electric Fencing ???

    Correct 7L Farm. I want to block off the area where the coyotes are crossing. The front of our property has an 8 foot drop of stone retaining wall. Not that they can't get up there, but they haven't before. I hear the howling out back, and that is where they have been seen crossing. The hens are...
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    Electric Fencing ???

    Thanks! Time to price out the supplies!
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    Electric Fencing ???

    Has anyone used an Electric fence to keep Coyotes away?? We have about two acres to cover. I would put it along the wood line, near the stone wall where I have seen them cross through. We have a large open area between the stone wall, woods and our house and coop/run area. Just want to know if I...
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    Coyotes!!!!

    For years we have heard the coyotes howling out in the woods...this year the howling seemed very close. I guess they were close. The chickens will remain in the run and locked in the coop at night. It makes me sad to see them locked up, but the alternative of letting the coyotes know that my...
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