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    Pullets not laying

    Thanks I will try that. Birds all look and act great. They squat when you go to pick them up. We walk outside and they all come running to us and follow us into the coop area for some scratch. All normal behavior except for the laying.
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    Pullets not laying

    Actually a lot of days they are confined until 2-4pm. Ive just never had any do this before. Ive even had some other starter pullets lay the first night at my house. (A very little egg).
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    Pullets not laying

    I received 12 20-22week old red sex link pullets in early september and put them with 5 older hens. They free range during the day and are cooped up at night. All the chickens get along and seem very happy. I have not gotten any eggs from the pullets yet. My older hens are laying, just none...
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    Getting chicks to go in Coop

    I have a new chicken coop that is surrounded by electric poultry netting. They have spent 2 nights in the coop. How do I get them in the coop at night? I have food in the coop but have had to catch them one by one and put them in there. I have a ramp into a little door for them. Is there a...
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    Chicks outside?

    Thanks for the fast response. I have them in a stock tank in the garage right now and just want to get them out in the grass for awhile.
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    Chicks outside?

    I have 26 RIR and White leghorn chicks that are in a brooder in the garage. They are just a couple days shy of 3weeks old. When can I put them outside in a pen for a few hours during the day? Its about 80-85 degrees here now. I have no other older chickens to worry about to pass a virus etc...
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