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    Ended 2020 Chicken Gift-Ideas From Amazon & TSC - $25 Giveaway!

    I want to get this motion sensor security light to a viability around the coop and deter predators...
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    Drainage in the Run

    I agree pictures and more information would be good but if you do decide to go with drainage pipe be sure to have stone in the trench to cover the pipe to keep it from clogging.
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    Starting a new Garden!

    x2 on this
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    Chicken jail for egg-eater: parole or life sentence?

    I had used a ceramic egg in the nest to get an egg eater to stop. I would remove the egg they laid quickly but leave the ceramic. When they try to eat it they cannot break the shell and stop trying. I do not know if it would work for you hen but the two times I had an issue it did solve the...
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    weird egg

    This can be caused by laying while molting, nutrition issues, stress. This is good information on egg issues. Common egg quality problems
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    Frustrated with new hens

    Thanks for the response. as I said to ChickenCanoe, I know the production will be reduced without lighting. I built the coop with insulation on all six sides, surprisingly it has been stayed above freezing on the nights it got down into the upper teens. And yes it dose have good ventilation...
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    Approaching 22 weeks...

    X3, especially at this time of year with the shortening days. My hens are at 26 weeks and I am still waiting for most of them to start laying.
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    celebrate a new coop!

    Congratulation on the new coop, it sounds nice. Can you post some pictures.
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    Frustrated with new hens

    There is one next to the Post a Reply button and also at the top of the specific Forum page i.e. Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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    Frustrated with new hens

    Thanks for the science part of it. I know I could add light but This is a new home, when built the coop I chose not to put power understanding the production would be down. This is more of a rant than anything else.
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    Frustrated with new hens

    I am becoming frustrated with these hens. I have 12 that are 6 months and have been getting one egg a day for the past 3 weeks. one day I had 2. It only appears 3 of the hens are laying, because the others combs are still pale. I forgot to mention for a couple of days they were flying over...
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    Covering gaps in chicken coop roof

    Be sure to measure the panels you have to confirm the strip you get fits the gaps, they do make different sizes.
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    praying for pullets

    Agreed
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    Covering gaps in chicken coop roof

    They make strip that closes the gap in corrugated steel roofing. This is a picture and a like to a description at Lowes.com http://www.lowes.com/pd_102670-1115-2216___?productId=3005549&pl=1&Ntt=roof+panel+closeure+strip
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    fly

    This is true as a general rule but not always. I have production reds and three of the hens where flying over a six foot fence and laying regularly somewhere. I had to to increase the fence to eight feet to prevent them from flying out. I do not clip because I do let they out to free range...
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