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    Should I move my broody hen and her eggs?

    There is a ramp on the far right side of where my boxes are, opposite of their roosting bar.
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    Should I move my broody hen and her eggs?

    My fiancé loves me enough that he actually surprised me and built the coop when I was out of town last year, very sweet but unfortunately did no research and screwed the boxes to the back of the shed
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    Should I move my broody hen and her eggs?

    Here are a couple pictures of my set up, so it seems like the lip I have in front of my boxes is similar to, maybe even a little wider than, yours and chicks falling off won’t be an issue?
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    Should I move my broody hen and her eggs?

    Hey so I had a hen go broody on Mother’s Day... putting hatch date next weekend and I’m wondering if I should move her and her eggs (8 of them) to a different nesting box on ground level? She’s doing great, she’s scared all of my other hens and my rooster into leaving her and her eggs alone. My...
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    First broody hen

    Ok thanks! If she took eggs from another box in those first few days they will hatch different days, but will the 2 or 3 days make a difference? I have no way of telling which were sat on first bc I was out of town when she went broody.
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    First broody hen

    Hey all! I still feel very new to chicken raising, as my flock is just over a year old now- will have had them a year the first part of June. And my sex link went broody on Mother’s Day ‍♀️ I guess she’s ready for motherhood! While i was going to try to get her out of it, my fiancé talked me...
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    What’s everyone’s favorite saddle?

    Ok, so it’s become apparent that my cockerel is just too much for my 9 pullets- he has started to strip feathers off of all of their backs I thought maybe he’d calm down as he’s coming up on being a year old and they are all finally able to be out all day again, but going into spring/summer when...
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    Heater or no heater?

    Ok thank you!
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    Heater or no heater?

    At -22 Fahrenheit or Celsius?
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    Heater or no heater?

    Ok, so going into winter I read some articles and posts on here and decided not to heat my coop this winter. The coop is in half of an old garage out at the farm. We have cornstalk bales blocking the NW to keep the cold wind out, we also put plywood up inside the garage as an extra barrier from...
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    Can anyone tell me what is causing the balding?

    9 hens and 1 rooster- learned from other responses he’s actually a cockerel until spring
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    Can anyone tell me what is causing the balding?

    No heat elements in the coop
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    Can anyone tell me what is causing the balding?

    They are all less than a year old, I got them at 6-8 weeks old at the end of May. They will not molt until fall now? This is probably a stupid question for people more experienced in chicken raising but should I worry about sunburns then when summer comes around? The inside run is between 50&60...
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    Can anyone tell me what is causing the balding?

    Some of my hens have started losing their feathers on their back- my sex link was first- she has a large bald spot now. And now both of my barred rocks and one of my reds appear to be starring the same pattern. Their laying has not slowed any and the rest of their feather look healthy... and...
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    What breed is Fred

    I luckily ended up with 6 ladies that look a lot like her
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