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    Discussion: Where do you put your brooder, and why?

    Congrats! Prepare to fall in love with your feathered flock - my biggest suggestion is look where the sun is shining at the hottest part of the day and be sure your girls have plenty of sun, as well as an area where they can get shade on especially hot days! Also, be as close to a water supply...
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    When to re-integrate?

    Last week one of my girls (while they were being given free-range time) was attacked by a hawk and pretty badly injured. I was able to get to her and get the flock safely back in their enclosed area, then quickly set up an ICU area for Oprah (my injured gal) . She lost an eye in the attack, but...
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    First Egg! Not layed in nesting box?!

    Yes, two of my girls are much more developed than the other two - but 19 weeks seems super early! I'm so glad I had purchased the layen feed last week in anticipation of the needed calcium - started mixing it with their starter feed yesterday. I see from reading other threads it is common to...
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    First Egg! Not layed in nesting box?!

    I also was shocked yesterday with our first egg, it was in the box, however, today's egg was not - it was below their roosting rods inside the coop and the egg was very soft shelled - yesterday's first egg was perfect. Here is my pic. The reason for my shock was my girls are only 19 weeks old...
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    Why won't my chickens use the new coop?

    I see this question is old - but I was curious - how long did it take your chickens to acclimate to their new home? We built a new coop that is three times larger and run is 10x larger and my chickens did not use their house last night (we had a pretty nasty thunderstorm!) I was shocked this AM...
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