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    Advice about pullet collecting eggs in rollaway nest box

    The nest box and egg area are on a ramp about 17* incline. I'm honestly surprised she's able to pull any up and under her at all. I'll try and prop something under the back end to raise it a smidge more and will reach out to Hengear to see if they have ideas. Thanks for the info about normal...
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    Advice about pullet collecting eggs in rollaway nest box

    I don't really know how to word the post subject other than that, but here's the basics: I'm using a Hengear rollaway nest box I have a pullet, my head girl, who I think likes to try and collect eggs while she sits and gets ready to lay her own. She is sticking her head through the rollaway...
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    Countdown To Eggs! For June hatches 😊

    I just have 1 of my 11 not laying yet, a wyandotte. Her comb has gotten pretty big so I think she'll get there soon, but I'm already drowning in eggs now that I have 10 layers lol.
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    Countdown To Eggs! For June hatches 😊

    Mary laid the awaited second egg today, almost 2 full weeks later! It was another small one at 34g :)
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    Countdown To Eggs! For June hatches 😊

    I know that we're at a weird time with autumn daylight hours, but should the girls that do start laying regulate or could they be one and done until spring? I haven't seen another egg from Mary yet- she hasn't even gone in the nesting box.
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    Countdown To Eggs! For June hatches 😊

    Honestly, I had no real signs from her leading up to the egg song screaming today. She doesn't squat for me, she had only been in the nesting box two other times in the past month (I can tell from footprints in the dust), and she only sang the egg song one other day. I'm home all day so it's...
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    Countdown To Eggs! For June hatches 😊

    Love that color!!
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    Countdown To Eggs! For June hatches 😊

    Mary just laid her first egg! She's 19 weeks. My husband heard her screaming the egg song from inside the coop so I went out to check. I found her scratching around in the nest box, so I put the fake eggs back in and went back inside. Heard her again, but this time she was outside the coop in...
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    Countdown To Eggs! For June hatches 😊

    Mary's comb is now quite large and flopping over. I saw some feetsie prints in the dust in the nest box so I know  someone is checking it out, but not sure who! She's 19 weeks old tomorrow.
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    65 year old single rookie homesteader NE KS

    Welcome from the metro!
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    birb n00b

    Welcome! I just got my own first flock of birbs as well and converted a resin shed for my coop. I can't recommend poop trays of PDZ under the roosts enough, though everyone has what works for them. For me it's just "scooping the chikky litter" lol! This place will be a wealth of info for you and...
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    Is yellow legs always cockerel for barred rocks?

    Leg size doesn't really correlate to gender. I have a Barred Rock pullet and an Easter Egger pullet that both had/have monster dinosaur legs right out of the gate, but they're definitely girls. :)
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    Chickens are... the best. ❤️

    Beautiful eggs! Love the speckles and bright blue :) Is the speckled one from a welsummer?
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    POLL TIME When did you start driving a car?

    I wish America was more bike friendly/accessible. My city has some bike lanes, but they're not protected, and people try to intimidate cyclists by driving right next to us (and it works, I'm terrified!)
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    Name a food you hate

    I make the best dang carrot cake, and I think the reason it's so good is because I do an orange glaze instead of cream cheese frosting. My mom developed severe lactose intolerance a few years ago so I had to figure out a way to make her favorite dessert safe for her, and a simple glaze with...
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