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    Ants in my coop - HELP!

    I found them this morning. We've got a tractor coop and they seem to be in one corner of it. I already have the suckers in my kitchen, now they have to invade the chicken coop. Do I worry about it and do something or let it be? They don't appear to be fire ants, just standard small ants. We live...
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    The water dunking cured my broody!! (Update w/ PIC)

    Lena (RIR) has been broody for a week and I don't have a roo and have a small tractor coop. We did the isolation coop (Broody Buster method) to no avail. She kept going back to the coop, fighting with the other girls and just being overall fiesty. Yesterday afternoon, I dunked her (just her...
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    My first broody - I need help. . .

    We've got a small coop (tractor style) and three hens. Miss Lena is acting odd as of last night. She stays in one nesting box. Went to bed there (was sitting on three eggs) and when we woke up she was still there. Puffs up big when I open the hatch to check for eggs. When I get her out, she lays...
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    Coon is trying to dig in, I think

    I think we've got a coon attempting to dig under our coop. I have found evidence two nights in a row. The ground is hard. But the little devil is persistent. Is it time to trap? I don't want holes all over my yard. Would only a coon do this? We have a fenced in yard. It's not my dog and it's not...
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    Can I still give them cracked corn?

    Can my chickens still eat cracked corn this time of year (spring)? Or is it only something I should feed them in the winter? I still have a lot leftover and they love it.
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    New hen - when's she going to lay for me?

    I've had her 8 days. When can I expect this gal to lay? She's getting along fine with my other girls now (for the most part), but still. . . no eggs from her.
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    Hens aren't laying much (are they stressed?)

    We have a new hen (we've had her for 4 days) and I think she's really upsetting the two that I already had. Is it normal for the existing hens in a flock to stop laying eggs while they adjust to the new girl. I assume that they are stressed. The new girl is in the coop right now for the daytime...
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    Challenges w/ a new hen in the flock

    We've got a new girl and our other two are very intimidated by her (she's a bit bossy and is picking on them, so I can't blame them). Well, the newby hasn't yet grasped the concept of where I want her to lay her eggs as I don't care to go on an egg hunt each day. I found one of hers today down...
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    School me on adding to my flock (we have two and want more)

    Just lost one due to sour crop. We're heart broken. It has been recommended by some not to get a hen, but to start w/ a chick. It seems cruel to get one, but I don't know that my coop can accomodate two. We raised our three since they were 10 days old. I have a friend that will raise one for me...
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    Sick hen - lethargic, puffy chest, not eating

    One of my hens is sick. I noticed it this afternoon. She's not eating, but is drinking water. She's off and on been a "jelly egg layer" and it has increased in frequency in the past week and a half. She's always layed really big eggs. I don't think I've got a "real" egg from her in the past...
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    Chickens just sitting on the coop in the rain last night

    Riddle me this, chicken people. I have to put my chickens in their coop every night (don't ask. . . they want to sleep outside roosting on top of their coop, I guess). So, last night it was raining and there they are perched on top IN THE RAIN. I thought chickens didn't like the rain. They...
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    weird large eggs, are they always thin?

    One of my girls lays these crazy looking eggs that are much larger than my other girls' eggs. And they are also thinner. Are most eggs that are larger usually thinner (the shell)? I use crunched up egg shells (really minced) for them for added calcium. They won't take oyster shell at all, which...
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    Will Cayenne pepper in my yard hurt my laying hens?

    I would like to use some to keep the dog from digging underneath the fence, but if the girls get near it, sniff it, scratch it or otherwise consume it, will this bother them or cause any adverse reactions/problems? Anyone know?
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    What if an egg freezes?

    I think my hubby brought in an egg this morning that was layed last night and probably froze overnight. We keep our eggs out on the counter. It got below freezing last night. Will I be able to tell anything different about this egg? Will it make us sick or be gross? I guess I should have tossed it.
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    Are my birds cold at night?

    I've got 3 RIR. They have a A frame tractor coop. My question is related to nighttime temps. Oh, and I live in NC and our evening temps have started dropping into the 40's this week. I understand that RIR are okay in cold weather. We have two drop down "hatches"/windows (triangular in shape) on...
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    I have to put them in the coop! What to do?

    So, my girls' coop is an A frame tractor. There is PLENTY of room inside for roosting, but they won't go in at night. Every night I have to take them off the top of the coop and put them in one by one. PITA! What is the deal? Do they just like it better out there? I've had my hubby move the...
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    Laying in new location

    I just thought I had lost one of my hens. I found her behind my AC unit. There, I found three eggs she was sitting on. I thought I had been short recently. She must have just started this. All the eggs I found sunk in cold water test. Do I need to put these in the fridge or can they stay out on...
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    Worms in poop?

    I was just cleaning our coop and found some very white thin worms in an area of concentrated poop. I clean out our coop once every week to 10 days. What could this be? Any harm to my chickens? Should I be concerned?
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    Sleeping in the nest boxes in an A frame

    We've got an A frame tractor coop. I know that chickens are supposed to roost. Is there a physiological reason why they should? My girls appear to be sleeping either cuddled together or individually in the nesting boxes. Is this okay? There's usually not poop in the nesting boxes. I can try to...
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    What is wrong w/ this egg (pic)?

    What is up w/ these eggs? My RIR has been given us three eggs so far and they all look like this. There is a halo on one side w/ these little crack like marks around it, almost like a sun. My hubby says it is an extra-terrestrial egg. I don't know. I wonder if she doesn't have enough calcium in...
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