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    4 Laying Hens For Sale

    I am in Paducah, KY and we are about to put our house on the market. Unfortunately, we are going to have to sell or find a new home for our four laying hens. They are sweet, very gentle, like receiving affection and have been fabulous around our yard/garden. They are all just over 3yrs of age...
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    Healthy hen soft egg

    I have a near 2 year old RIR in a group of four hens (2 RIR, a BR, and a GLW) all of the same age. For a few weeks now I have noticed that there is an occasional egg from her that has a weak shell but yolk and membrane inside are fine. Yesterday she laid a completely soft shell egg with a...
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    Packer the Pup and the Four Old Hens...

    Meet Packer! He is an 8-week old chocolate labrador retriever and has just joined the family last night. It rained all day yesterday and again this morning so he does not know our four backyard hens exist and they are unaware of his arrival as well. That is all going to change when he gets to...
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    Nuggz did not like the snow/ice

    The three other hens were at least adventurous enough to come out and check out the white stuff! Haha Nuggz wanted nothing to do with it, she spent nearly 4 days inside the coop perfectly content staying inside as long as her feeder and water jug was full. Fortunately the snow and ice didn't...
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    Adult hen pooping in nest box

    I know this is a relatively minor issue but I have an 8-9 month old GLW hen who is healthy, laying regularly, accepted by the other three hens in our crew, but who insists on trying to sleep in the nest boxes at night while making a poopy mess in there. I started going out every night for about...
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    Experiencing first molt?

    Three of our four hens are a little over a year old and appears as if they have all begun a slow molt recently as the days have gotten shorter and the weather has begun to turn. We have noticed a little inconsistency in the egg laying during this time period which obviously I know is to be...
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    Letting chickens clear the garden

    Is there any considerations I need to make before letting my hens have access to our summer garden space now that everything has just about ended production? We have green bean plants, okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos, and some squash plants. I want to give them free run of the space but...
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    Custom Coop Design and Construction

    Hello from Western Ky (Paducah area). We bought a pre-fab coop last summer and moved our crew of 3 into the new coop and run last October. We have since successfully integrated a GLW into our flock of 2 RIR's and a BR. Now that all four are full size, I can tell the coop and roosting situation...
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    Roosting Behavior: Is this strange?

    We have successfully integrated one 5 month old Golden Laced Wyandotte into our former group of three 10 month old hens. The pecking order has clearly been established, all four hens are getting along in terms of eating, drinking, playing, and movement around the run/coop areas. However, every...
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    Roosting Behavior: Is this strange?

    We have successfully integrated one 5 month old Golden Laced Wyandotte into our former group of three 10 month old hens. The pecking order has clearly been established, all four hens are getting along in terms of eating, drinking, playing, and movement around the run/coop areas. However, every...
  11. pclark17

    Been here for a while...

    We joined the site in January but it's been a while since I have been active on here with all of the site updates/changes that have happened recently. Here is our introduction to the chicken life: We bought four day old chicks in October 2016 from a friend of ours who raises chickens and has...
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    Adding a newbie to an existing flock

    Several weeks ago we rescued a golden laced wyandotte pullet/hen (5 months old) from a bad situation and have slowly tried to integrate her into our existing trio of 10 month old hens. I kept them separated for the first two weeks but in areas very near each other for visibility purposes. I also...
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    Handling soon to lay pullets...

    I have a small backyard flock of two production RIR's and a barred rock. The BR is incredibly friendly and has been since she was a very young chick. She is always the first to come and see what I am up to when I enter the run, she will eat from my hand, likes to be picked up and doesn't mind...
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    3 Chicks Inn Construction Complete

    Here is a pic of our 3 Chicks Inn coop/run that was completed in November. We have two 12 week old RIR's and a barred rock that moved in after Thanksgiving and have settled comfortably. They seem to love their new space, we are currently working on creating a tunnel from the right corner of the...
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    Soon to be eggs or wake-up calls?

    I have two RIR's and a barred rock hen that are all 12 weeks old. We had friends raise the girls from chicks through 8 weeks before we took them and moved them into their new urban coop/run. I have had the ladies (maybe) for over a month now but have always been quite suspicious of the RIR's...
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    Greetings!

    Hello from western Kentucky! I am a new member to the site and recently became an urban chicken owner with my wife and two young boys. We have two RIR's and a barred rock that are 12 weeks old. We had some friends raise them from chicks through 8 weeks and then moved them into their new home in...
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