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    Do I need to split my flock?

    I just checked my phone and I don’t have any pics of the coop or run only the chickens. Sorry, I will have to take some when I get home from work.
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    Do I need to split my flock?

    The coop is 4 x 6 elevated off the ground. There are two nesting boxes inside and two intersecting roosts inside. All four barred rocks were sleeping inside before Judy went broody. Sometimes when it is 80+ degree at night here in Texas, they like to roost outside in the run. The coop is...
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    Do I need to split my flock?

    I have four barred rocks hens that are 18 months old. One went broody in June and hatched four chicks from six donated hatching eggs.i noticed today that Mom has basically returned to running with her sisters and the chicks now two months old have formed their separate flock. I only have one...
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    Friendly hen now moody and mean

    Well, it seems that my second hen has broken her broody behavior on her own. I made sure I removed the non fertile eggs every evening and it seems she has lost interest in hatching them. She no longer hangs out in the nesting box but now runs around with her other two sister hens. Mama hen still...
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    Friendly hen now moody and mean

    I just spoke with my local Tractor Supply. They will be receiving new chicks on a weekly basis until after Labor Day. Apparently with the pandemic there has been such a rush to purchase chicks, feed and other supplies that they are having difficulty keeping everything n stock. I will be picking...
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    Friendly hen now moody and mean

    Ok thank you for the advice. I will call Tractor Supply tomorrow about reserving the chicks. If none are likely to be available then I will go another route.
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    Friendly hen now moody and mean

    Well since I work away from the house, it is impossible for me to collect eggs more than once a day in the evening when I return home. So it sounds like I am going to deal with broody hen #2. I don’t have a rooster in with the hens. I was given six fertilized eggs from a co-worker who has a...
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    Friendly hen now moody and mean

    I will try that tomorrow. I put them in for the night early because we have a thunderstorm brewing. I will let you know what happens. Thank you!
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    Friendly hen now moody and mean

    Really? All of my four hens are barred rocks and I purchased them all at the same time last March. This is my first flock and I am still learning about all things “chicken”. So it sounds like broodiness can be contagious? LOL
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    Friendly hen now moody and mean

    Thanks!
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    Friendly hen now moody and mean

    Why would my normally friendly and docile barred rock hen start to become moody and agitated? One of her sisters hatched chicks about six weeks ago. Could that be the reason her mannerism is changing? I notice she puffs up at me when I go to collect eggs in the evening after work and she is the...
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    The House Hens of Rockwall County
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    I have a flock bully

    Update: This morning I released all the chickens to free range together before going to work. They have been separated for approximately 36 hours. They seemed to mingle together with no immediate attacks by the bully hen. Today is cold and rainy so they have huddled close together. I just went...
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    I have a flock bully

    The outside roost, food and water are all located in the run, no containers inside the coop.
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    I have a flock bully

    Several questions asked so I will try to answer them as time allowed. I have two roosts inside the coop that are in an L configuration. Plenty of room for all four birds as usually two roosts as a pair on each side. I have a hanging feeder and waterer both purchased from Tractor Supply. There...
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