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    possum

    Today I went out to my hen house to gather eggs and in the first nest box as a very young possum sound asleep. I have one of those Tractor supply coops and on the upper half of the cage, the bars are 1 1/2 by 4. I guess it was so little it crawled in at the top part. All of my eggs were still...
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    first eggs

    I have 24 week old RIR's I got my first eggs a few weeks ago from 2 of them. I have collected about 10 eggs now , but why are they are so small? This is not my first time to have chickens, but it is for RIRs. My buffs laid really large eggs and I know they have that characteristic, but this is...
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    chicken run

    We have used a chain link dog run for our chickens for years with lots of problems... predators, homemade roof issues, not enough room. We finally got 4 of the new Tractor Supply Universal chicken pens and put them together. Then we built a nice chicken house to the side. It turned out great...
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    new chicks with older hens

    My R I red chicks are 4 weeks old and I intend to introduce them to my bigger hens at 6 weeks. I have 7 of them. I have divided my pen, but only one section leads into the hen house. What do you suggest I do for them at night? I have a little 3x3 house that I can put it the pen for a shelter...
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    Chickens and bananas????

    Is it O.K to peel a banana and give some to the full grown chickens? I have a banana that is starting to turn a little brown and now no one will eat it. I know chickens eat almost anything, but will it hurt them?
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    Hen won't leave nest box!

    I have six hens. No rooster!!! My best and biggest hen thinks she can hatch chicks. She can roll eggs from one box to another because there is a connection before the little wall that holds in the hay and eggs. Yesterday she rolled all of the eggs from other chickens and my fake eggs into her...
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    Gathering Eggs

    I am a teacher. So when I return back to work I am worried about gathering my eggs. I noticed that my chickens are laying their eggs anywhere between 10 am and 1:pm. Sometimes even past 2. I go out and check them every morning before I go to work, but is it OK to leave the eggs all day until I...
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    Eggs on the ground

    My chickens are 22 weeks. One has been laying an egg a day since 18 weeks. I noticed two others seem to be ready. They go to the nest boxes and sit. Today I found 1 egg in the nest box and others just laying on the ck. run floor. " What's with that????" Is my regular egg layer keeping them from...
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    parasites, mites

    I am reading more and more about chickens in general, but I can't find anything about "preventing mites, parasites". I have had a few old timers tell me to rake a little 7 dust in the sand pit I built for them. Another person said you should put something in the nest boxes too. I don't like...
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    Hoarding Hen

    I have 6 buff orpington hens. Only 1 is laying an egg a day. I have some that seem like they want to start laying, but the laying hen seems to run to the nest every time another hen tries to go there. I put fake eggs in the 4 other nest boxes, but this seems to be the spot. Am I imagining this...
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    Rooster or Hen

    I have 6 buff Orpington hens. I ordered them from a company that guarantees all hens. One of them looks like a rooster. ( I have pictures). The other day this hen was in the nest box making "the noise" after hens lay an egg. I saw her in there earlier and lifted her to see if there was an egg...
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