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    Hens continue to lay while on roosting poles

    I could try that. My roosts are a pretty permanent feature but I can probably box around them for a while
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    Hens continue to lay while on roosting poles

    Okay so I can't figure this out and it's getting a bit frustrating. So for about a week now 3 of my 6 hens are laying while roosting. I have the fake eggs in the nesting boxes and my other 3 hens have been laying in there for almost 3 weeks now. For the last week I've found about 6 eggs...
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    Chickens dropping eggs on roosting poles!

    I do have the fake eggs in place, and it seemed to work for the other breeds. I'll try moving them and making them as visible as possible. Also I am supplementing all my feed with oyster shells for calcium and they get poulin later pellets. Also I apologize for the mistake I just realized I put...
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    Chickens dropping eggs on roosting poles!

    so my chickens started laying about 2 weeks ago. So far my 2 orpingtons and my 2 barred rocks have been laying, and pretty steady. I also have 4 EE and hadn't noticed any from them just yet. So today I let the chickens out and went in to change the water and noticed 2 eggs dropped on the poop...
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    Coop build questions

    So this past week on vacation I've started building my coop. It's 8x10 with the front couple feet being dry storage. So far the walls are framed up on the floor. I also started building inside as I was waiting to pick up the rest of the lumber for the roof and siding. Anyways, today I built my...
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    New chicks, Need some help.

    Thank you for the information. Having a brooder so big I wasn't sure if one lamp was enough. I'll take one out and raise the other a bit to lower the temp down. I left the thermometer on the outside far edge of the brooder and it got down to about 60. I'll keep an eye on the chicks in question...
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    New chicks, Need some help.

    [/IMG] So if this worked correctly, this is a picture of my setup. a picture of the poor bare bums of my delwares (below), and a picture of poop bum on one of my Easter eggers (that I cleaned this morning) it's hard to see but it's caked up. I did just recheck the temps in the brooder. Ones at...
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    New chicks, Need some help.

    Hello everyone. I'm new to chicks (family had adult chickens in the past) and have a few questions. I've got 12 chicks (orpingtons, barred rocks, wyandottes, Easter eggers, and delwares). Both Delwares and a couple of my Easter eggers have constant poop bum. Every time I notice it I clean it...
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