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    hens are not laying AT ALL!!!! help

    Same problems here, I have 7 hens and 1 rooster all under 2 years of age and I went from 5-6 eggs a day to 0-1. Last time I found a bunch out around the yard but now I have found none. I also have a hen who has taken to sleeping in the laying box and filling it with poo.
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    Egg Production??

    they do not look to be moulting, they all free range all day and they go to the coop at night, I do have a light in the coop for longer light
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    Egg Production??

    5 out of 7 are less than a year old, so age should not be a factor.
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    Egg Production??

    I have 7 hens and 1 rooster right now and we have had chickens for a year or so. I was getting average of 6 eggs per day and all of the sudden I am getting 1 or none daily. This happened once before during the summer but I found they had taken to laying out of the coop. I have searched all over...
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    "Natural" Chciken Hatching

    Thanks much for the info. As far as breeds, I have no idea
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    "Natural" Chciken Hatching

    A couple of my girls have started laying in a couple of secluded places outside the coop.There is a new egg there daily it seems. What are the chances that they may start setting on these and they will hatch naturally? I really think this would be awesome but don't want to get my hopes up. I...
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    Scared Chickens!!!!

    Whoot Whoot All chicks in the coop on their own tonight!!! Thanks for the help and suggestions all. Just took a bit longer than anticipated.
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    Scared Chickens!!!!

    Ok I left the chickens locked up in the coop and run for 4 days. Let them all out to free range this morning and all was good until bedtime when the 2 hard headed chicks did not go to the coop again. Had to go get em out of the lilac bush again. Anyone have any other ideas or do I just let them...
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    Scared Chickens!!!!

    Still have 2 chicks that refuse to roost in the coop at night. The other 6 go in no problem every night now but the 2 roost in the Lilac Bush and we need to go grab them every night and put them in the coop. Any ideas??
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    Scared Chickens!!!!

    put a red light in and we have 6 out of 8 coming in at night, hoping the 2 will follow suit shortly
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    Scared Chickens!!!!

    Put a red light in tonight, thanx for the ideas
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    Scared Chickens!!!!

    I have had an issue with a coon killing a few chickens while we were away for a long weekend. Now my chickens do NOT want to go back in the coop at night. I let my chickens free range all the time and they used to go back to the coop every night no problem before this. I have since caught and...
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    Bumblefoot???? HELP Please

    A couple of our chickens have what seems to be Bumblefoot. My wife tried doing the "surgery" herself. Here are a couple pics of what it looks like afterwards. Can someone let me know if their is a less invasive way to fix this? I heard about soaking in some "powder" of some sort. Suggestions PLEASE
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    Where are all my eggs????

    Got home from work today and had 5 eggs back in the nesting box. Nothing outside, 5 had been the norm with my 6 hens so maybe back to "normal" for awhile.
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    Where are all my eggs????

    Okay so I was out looking for where the eggs may be and the wife came out and spotted one hen back in the swamp grass behind the coop. When we came back from town she was not there so I checked and sure enough 6 eggs.
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