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    Sick Pullet

    Thank you for your response. I think I have one doing the same thing. She seems ok, but doesn't seem to eat much. Sometimes she eats out of my hand then other times she is not interested. When we let her out in the morning, she comes out then lays down. Should I isolate her from my other...
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    Newbie chicken mama

    Newbie chicken mama
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    Buffs won't go into coop at night

    Yay! I am not sure what worked but tonight the girls were all in the roost! Today was the first time we let them out of the run into the fence area and they were very busy today. I put a light like you suggested about 10 minutes before sundown. I went out to check on them and they all were...
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    Buffs won't go into coop at night

    Thanks all. We will try a light tonight and hope that does the trick. I hope they aren't being bullied . Will let you know how it goes.
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    Getting Buffs to go into loft at night

    My enclosed coop area is 3' by 6' with the roosts lengths about 4' long. They aren't setting on the roosts yet from what I can tell. I haven't observed their roost time activities other than to watch them going up into the enclosed area. Tonight, I only had to place 4 in the enclosed area so...
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    Buffs won't go into coop at night

    Thanks. I found that section after I posted it here.
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    Hello from Central TX

    Thanks. We have put them in 2 nights now. Hoping tonight is the night they go in on their own.
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    Getting Buffs to go into loft at night

    Newbie here. We have 12 new pullets. 3 Rhode Island Reds, 4 Silver laced wydonettes and 5 Buff Orpingtons. All the birds go into the loft area at night except for the Buffs. We have to manually put them in at night. We brought them all home last Monday, the 17th. The Buffs went in the first 2...
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    Buffs won't go into coop at night

    Hi Newbie here. We have 12 new pullets. 3 Rhode Island Reds, 4 Silver laced wydonettes and 5 Buff Orpingtons. All the birds go into the loft area at night except for the Buffs. We have to manually put them in at night. We brought them all home last Monday, the 17th. The Buffs went in the...
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    Hello from Central TX

    Hi. I am a retired Technology director who is married to a retired Agriculture science teacher. We just ventured into the world of backyard chickens last week. We built our chicken palace and purchased 12 pullets on Monday. This is a new adventure for me but I have loved the first weeks...
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