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  1. dunham

    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    Fox would be our #1 - we've lost only 2 but we only started out with 14. We mysteriously lost one of our free range BR about 6 weeks ago. No sign of it at all . . . . we thought maybe a neighbors dog wandered over or a hawk. Right around day lights savings time we got home a little after dark...
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    Grower vs Layer Feed . . . when do you make the switch

    14 BR's - 18 weeks old 1st started laying 1 1/2 weeks ago, 2nd today. 12 others still not laying. How do I continue to give grower feed to the growers and layer feed to the layers. Chickens are free range, locked up at night and we have feeder inside the coop. We have been mixing grower...
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    no longer roosting in nesting boxes but now the eggs have stopped . ..

    Can't get my camera to work . . . will see if I can use my phone. Good news though, two eggs today in two different nesting boxes. One was larger than the other so I think the original layer is still laying and now I hope we have a new layer.
  4. dunham

    no longer roosting in nesting boxes but now the eggs have stopped . ..

    Okay so last week we had to raise our roost so our 18 week old bard rocks would stop roosting in the nesting boxes. As a bonus we put some fabric up to partially cover the nesting boxes for more privacy. A week and a half ago we got our first egg, then it was one about every other day and...
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    Roosting in the nesting boxes . . . HELP!!

    Well we added two additional roosts above the two we already had. So now there are four levels, the ladies didn't seem to mind and had no problem getting up there. Still have one roosting in the nesting boxes so I think we might try to close the top boxes off today. Thanks for the advice!!
  6. dunham

    Roosting in the nesting boxes . . . HELP!!

    We are new to the chicken neighborhood. We have 14 Barred Rocks, they are about 17 weeks old. Surprisingly we had our first egg two days ago and our 2nd today. We have 4 nesting boxes and two roosts. The nesting boxes are two across and two high. My problem is that they are roosting at...
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