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    Flock integration and egg-eating in a two-story coop?

    We've had golf balls in the nesting box. But one of the Australorps keeps kicking them out of the box and pecking hard on them, even though she gets nothing out of them. We've been collecting as quickly as we can, but unfortunately when I go to work (still haven't figured out how to make a...
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    Flock integration and egg-eating in a two-story coop?

    We’ve recently added 4 new pullets to our flock for a total of 7. All 7 are laying now. They’ve established their pecking order now, and the older birds have stopped abusing the pullets. The problem we’re having now is that we’ve had a couple of egg-eating incidents. I’m anxious to nip this...
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    2 Chicks Died - How long till I can re-introduce new chicks?

    We got 4 new chicks last week to add to our backyard flock. A couple of evenings later, we noticed one chick was very lethargic, couldn't stand up, etc. The other 3 looked just fine, so we isolated the sick one. In the morning, both she and one other chick were dead. There was no pasting up...
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