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    Why are my hens puffing up chests?! PLEASE

    Hey BYC lovers, looking for some advice! I'm wondering why 3 of my pullets (2 are 9 MONTHS OLD and NOT Laying yet, one is laying), are puffing up their chests. I thought it was just in the morning, but now I noticed a couple doing it this afternoon. It's not freezing, in fact today was...
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    Gypsum, Colorado now easier to have hens!

    We did it, we changed the ordinance in Gypsum Colorado. We learned a lot more than we ever thought possible about our town, how to change an ordinance and what other western slope ordinances are as well. In brief, You must have 6 hen max, no roosters, 5001 square foot lot, 15 feet from...
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    Help! Girls are getting pecked and it's getting cold!

    My barred rock and Rhode Island Red are ganging up on the silver Wyandotte and buff orphington among others. The Wyandottes upper butt, above her tail feathers is all skin. We have been putting salve, including that purple stuff on it to no avail. We duck taped the area when it first started...
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    Updated Ordinance needed in Gypsum, Colorado!

    Hello Colorado Chicken Lovers, I live in Gypsum, Colorado and a group of chicken lovers and I are trying to work with the Town of Gypsum to update the current ordinance so that more people in town can have "legal" chickens. The current ordinance was written years ago and is written so not a...
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    How will girls find nesting boxes?!

    Is there something we can do to make sure the girls know to use the nesting boxes? We have 6 hens, no roosters. We put a perch in front of the nesting boxes so they could see in there and thinking they'd be able to get into them easier. Should we put a ramp in? How on earth do they know that's...
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    How will my girls know to use nesting boxes?!

    Is there something we can do to make sure the girls know to use the nesting boxes? We have 6 hens, no roosters. We put a perch in front of the nesting boxes so they could see in there and thinking they'd be able to get into them easier. Should we put a ramp in? How on earth do they know that's...
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