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    Broody Hen with no Rooster

    I have four hens. My Buff Orpington will not leave the nest, puffs up and acts crazy when I take the eggs and will not leave the coop to enjoy time in the yard. I have picked her up and dumped her out but she just stays where I dump her. Has she lost her mind? This has been going on for weeks!
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    Vegetable Substitute?

    I haven't had much luck getting old produce from grocery stores so I have been buying produce for my chickens for treats. Aside from scratch and their pellets, is there something yummy I could buy at a feed store so we can get through the winter? My winter produce bill is starting to add up.
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    Tough Love

    I bought pellet feed instead of the crumble feed and my hens refuse to eat it! I am cutting them off from treats until they get hungry enought to eat the pellets. Is that a stupid idea? Will they starve themselves? I think my hens are going to win this battle.
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    Funny and Scary

    Last night my favorite and friendliest chicken named Nugget was sitting on my shoulder and I was talking to her. Suddenly she cocked her head, looked right in my eye and pecked my contact lense out! It didn't hurt my eye but she ate my contact lense! I love having her on my shoulder but I...
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    Hanging Vegetables

    I was wondering what people use to hang cabbage heads and broccoli from their coop to entertain and give treats to their chickens. I am having a hard time coming up with something safe. Ideas?
  6. BolenBrood

    Weather

    This will be my first Winter with chickens. I have four laying hens. How cold is too cold? They have a "house" in their coop and I have pine shavings in there but I am unsure about when to hang a heat lamp.
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    Introducing Chicks

    I currently have 2, 8 week old chicks out in the coop and 2, 5 day old chicks living in my garage. When can I move the little chicks in with the older ones? My garage is getting really hot.
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    My Own Dogs

    Just put my new chicks out in their coop and my two dogs will not leave them alone! They are biting the hardwire and circling the coop and barking! It is driving me crazy and making me nervous. Any suggestions? I thought about an invisible fence that would zap the dogs but they are...
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    Coop is DONE

    Well, the coop and house are done! We have never built anything in our lives so any feedback/suggestions are welcome! Front of coop Back of coop. The "window' is just some holes we drilled in and a flap to cover the holes at night. Inside the house.
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    Singing Chicks?

    My chicks have been in their new house for two days now and last night after I shut them in their little house for the night my son came running in the house saying strange noises were coming from the coop. I went out there and I heard singing! Is that what they call trilling? Does that mean...
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