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    Others attacking broody hen

    Motion detector cameras. She finally went out late this afternoon. PHEW!! Grandmothering is hard!
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    Others attacking broody hen

    Follow up...She hasn't been off of the eggs since 6PM Sunday night 2/16 (roughly 30 hours). Stay the course? Is there a point at which I should intervene again? There are still no problems with the other hens. They visit and leave.
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    Others attacking broody hen

    Thank you all so much! I'll back off and move her food so she has to get up to get to it. If problems continue without my interference, I'll try to move her to the coop. I already have a wire dog cage in there.
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    Others attacking broody hen

    My BO finally went broody this week. I poured over every thread pertaining to cold weather brooding and decided to take the chance since I really want chicks and don't know for certain if any of the other hens will go broody. She, the broody is doing fine except that she doesn't want to get off...
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    5 Pullets quit laying

    ok. That's three for three. Thanks all! I guess I won't worry about it.
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    5 Pullets quit laying

    5 of my 9-month-old pullets quit laying back in October. They don't seem to be molting - no bare spots and not an unusual number of feathers in coop. They are 2 Ameraucanas, 2 Barred Rocks and 1 Gold Laced Wyandottes. I have 4 others that are the same age that are laying just fine. Also, I have...
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    What Greens do chickens like?

    LOL!!! I was thinking large tablespoon, not ladle. Too funny, I'm an idiot! Thank you so much. That is a fantastic idea! I will be doing that this week. That will work perfectly for me.
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    What Greens do chickens like?

    Do you have a pic of the spoons? That would be helpful, but I can't picture how to hand them in my head.
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    Late night bickering - roosting positions

    Ha! That's exactly what it is like
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    Late night bickering - roosting positions

    Thank you!
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    Late night bickering - roosting positions

    Every night the chickens rearrange, bicker and peck for at least an hour trying to decide where to roost. It ends up different every night. Is this normal? There is more than enough roosting space, they just fight over who is next to whom. Several of the pullets have recently come into lay and 5...
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    Barred Rock going broody or just lazy?

    She won't molt until next year. She's 9 months old. That's probably all it is (just wanting to hang out.) I was just wondering if there is a preamble so to speak to going broody, or if it's just on or off.
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    Barred Rock going broody or just lazy?

    Oh, wow. I didn't think of her being sick. I sure hope not! I have no idea how to deal with that. She is one of the older set of hens. The older ones are more often the perpetrators than the victims. She rarely seems to be involved in any issues that I see. I can check for parasites...they're...
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    Barred Rock going broody or just lazy?

    I have a BR hen who is wanting to spend all day in a nest box. It is the box she usually lays in. She doesn't seem to be moody, I haven't seen any feathers missing on her chest and she does go up to roost at night. It doesn't seem broody, but just this week she started spending all day in her...
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    Is all Barred Rock barring black?

    Thank you so much everyone!! Beautiful pics Amer! I could live with black and buff. I do have one blue, but it is a hybrid. Sadly, considering all of my other hens will probably make black barred, I am probably better of going with one of my non barred cockerels so that I can at least make...
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