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    How to entertain a lonely hen?

    Hi everyone! I have 2 isa brown hens here, which get on really well... But I'm noticing one of them can't stand being on her own. When one goes to lay, the remaining one stands at the door screeching at me for the entire time. If I sit at the door with her she will stand there quietly and clean...
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    Is there a way to get my dominant hen to let the other hen sleep inside?

    I have two isa brown hens. We fud one and then bought another for company for her. They generally get along quite well and follow each other all over the place. Until bed time... My dominant hen (the first one we had) wont let the other one sleep in the "bedroom". If she gets in there first, the...
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    One of my hens has stopped laying

    Both my hens have been giving me an egg each pretty much every day for the three months we've had them. But this week when I locked them up early one morning, I noticed a thin shell in the cage which had been eaten (I had had two eggs the previous day and hadn't seen either go to lay an egg...
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    Can I feed them their eggs?

    My two chickens have been on antibiotics and worming tablets. The vet warned me not to eat the eggs. But I'm wondering if I can cook the eggs up and feed them back to the chickens, or will this just re-contaminate them and cause a longer withdrawal period? (I know some people say they are safe...
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    I think I have a shell-less egg...

    Hi everyone. Yet another question from me! I've come home today to find in my nesting box, one egg plus a pile of soggy yellow wood shavings. They smell like yolk and the colour is like yolk. I can't see any white and there's no shell around or even any of the membrane that I can see. One...
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    Safe ways to weed the lawn?

    Hi guys! My lawn is extremely overrun with weeds. Weeds take up 95% of the yard. Given that the chickens eat the grass, I assume its not safe to spray it with some type of weed killer? (Thinking about doing the while lot and then replanting grass seed). Is there a safe way to do it? Or should I...
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    A croaking chicken

    It's been raining non-stop for three days now. Very heavy at times. My chickens have been happy playing in the rain. But I just went out and they were in the coop. Penny had already laid an egg... And now when she talks she sounds croaky. I've already noticed she's not very waterproof. Do you...
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    A couple of egg questions?

    We ave two chickens - penny we have had about 3 weeks, Henny for almost 2. We think Henny is older (she has a deep voice and is a grumpy thing lol) and penny is probably a year, maybe? We don't know the origins of either. They are both isa browns. Penny started laying a few days before we got...
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    Pictures of my coop :)

    Well, just picture actually. We purchased the coop at the end (house etc). But its just not big enough, given that they spend a lot of time in there during the week. So my Dad spent most of his weekend building an extension for it. Keep in mind it got to 41 degrees celcius here yesterday...
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    Going away for a coupe of days - what should I do?

    Hi everyone! Next weekend my partner and I will be going away for 2 nights. (Leaving midday Friday, returning late Sunday) I have asked my dad to come over and check on them once a day to check food & water. But I don't know what to do with them. We will have had penny for 3 weeks and Henny...
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    Would it be hard to make an extension run?

    I mean - old you need much knowledge? My current coop is like ths one: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/capalaba/pet-products/chicken-coop-new-bne-ipsw-twba-wrwk/1012276987 But I want to get a run to attach to the front (as they spend a lot of the day in it, as I'm at work). They make them for...
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    My hen's bum keeps pulsating... Is this normal?

    Lol funny question, I know. But we've noticed her bum is constantly twitching/pulsating. This is the new one we got yesterday, and I haven't noticed this with penny. Coud she have worms? Or is it normal?
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    I got a friend for penny.... But they really hate each other!

    What do I do? I have had her home for 15 mins (I know I need to give it time)... But they have been trying to peck each other. I have them separated (the new one in the coop, the old one out). They keep squawking like crazy!! Any idea how long it will take for them to accept each other? Is there...
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    Uh oh. I think I've spoiled my chicken.

    I have only had penny home for ten or so days, and I have treated her like a princess... And that's what she has turned into. She squawks like crazy when I go inside and leave her outside, or if I put her back in her coop. She also refuses to get in her coop at night, and if I pick her up she...
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    Penny still hasn't laid any eggs :(

    We got Penny two weeks ago today. We found her wandering through my partner's parents backyard. We got her at night, so she went to sleep, and the next day she laid an egg. The following day, she laid an egg. The day after that, we took her to my Nan's house because she escaped from our house...
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    Hello from Brisbane, Qld!

    Hi everyone! I am alecia, and my partner and I have recently a acquired a chicken (hen). He brought her home late one night after finding her in his parents backyard. We have eventually decided to keep her, and have bought her a chicken coop to live in. (It's a metre high, by 1.7 long, with a...
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