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    Chickens no longer going in coop at night

    Really? From what I've read DE kills both ants & mites (and other soft-bodied insects) by drying them out, so not instantly but eventually should kill them
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    Chickens no longer going in coop at night

    We're in Michigan, so it hasn't been too hot. Gets down to about 40-50 F at night
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    Chickens no longer going in coop at night

    We're in mid-Michigan. Lansing area. We have 3 separate coops (the kind you can buy at Tractor Supply) all contained within the 25 x 25 ft fenced area. Each coop is designed to fit about 10 chickens, but we only have 10 chickens total plus the two ducks. We have it set up so our original flock...
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    Chickens no longer going in coop at night

    I had a suspicion one of our hens wasn't sleeping in the run OR coops at night about a month ago. A few of our girls had figured out how to fly out of our old run (which was open on top, and they would return at night. Well, one learned to fly out a bit later and I'd see her out early in the...
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    Chickens no longer going in coop at night

    Our chickens have taken to roosting on top of their coop at night, and I'm not sure if I need to force them in. Here's the specifics: Our coops are inside of our "run" which is a 25 x 25 foot fenced off garden. It's fenced with 6ft tall steel wire fencing, and fully covered on top with bird...
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    Wintering Ducks

    Just saw this thread, and I'm in a similar situation. Two ducks, pekins, and it's their first winter.I'm not so much worried about the cold for them. We have an elevated chicken coop and they go up there on their own every night and sleep, so I think they have adequate protection from the wind...
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    Anyone else have chicken escape artists?

    So, a few times now I've closed my chickens up for the night only to find when I go outside to let them out in the morning they've already managed to slide their coop door open themselves and are already out happily pecking around. Anyone else experience this? My coop is just a standard one...
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    Yolk outside of egg

    Thanks for the insight! That makes sense. Guess we'll see if the same thing happens with the rest of the flock once they all start laying.
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    Yolk outside of egg

    One of our chickens laid the first egg of our first flock this morning! We noticed something that we hadn't expected when we found the egg. It was surrounded by a yolk-y looking liquid. At first we thought the chickens had smashed the egg, but when we pulled it out the egg looked fully intact...
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    Boys VS Girls

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    New To Chickens and Ducks

    Hi everyone, My name is josh and my fiancé is Julia. We recently purchased our first flock the chickens are a couple months old now, and the ducks are nearly a month. We got the chickens for eggs and the ducks for eggs/slug control in the garden. We currently have four variety's of chickens...
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