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    Odd behavior - Hen pushing other hen’s egg out of nesting box

    Hello, recently we noticed we got eggs being pushed out of the nesting box. Then we checked our coop camera and saw this odd behavior on one of our hens. She’s a SLW about 1.5 years old. She would push another chicken egg out of the nesting box before she used it. She’s the lowest in the pecking...
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    Feather pecker

    I have 3 hens (BO, RIR and SLW) about 10 months old. We started to see some feather missing from the SLW and later with the BO. The SLW has bare butt now. Although the RIR is lower in pecking order than the BO, she is the culprit here. I really need advice how to stop this behavior. We tried...
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    Is my hen broody?

    I have a 9-month old BO that has stopped laying for almost 4 weeks. She started laying when she was 6-month old and had been laying every other day. Now she would go into the nesting box, not laying but sit on others eggs for about 1-1.5 hours everyday. She would come out and sing her egg song...
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    HELP! Is this a deformed egg or lash egg or egg yolk peritonitis?

    We are new to keeping chickens. We have 3 chickens at 23 weeks old (SLW, RIR and BO). SLW and RIR started laying at 21 weeks old. Only the BO hasn’t started laying yet. All of them have free choice feed of crushed oyster shell. This late morning we found this on the floor. Wasn’t sure who did...
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    Teaching chickens to ring a bell

    Hi, just taught two of my chickens to ring a bell and would like to share that they can learn this trick really fast! Chickens are really food motivated! I started by having scratch in one hand, then I started to ring the bell with another hand and move the hand with scratch to the chicken. I...
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    Chickens ran away when touched?

    Hi, I have 3 10-week-old chickens (BO, RIR and SLW). All female. They would walk over when I called them especially the BO I trained her to remember her name. They would eat treats out of my hand. However, they would not let me touch them especially the BO when I started to pet her in any other...
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    Chick mouth open panting

    Hi I have 3 close-to-7-week old chicks (RIR, BO and SLW). It’s getting pretty hot here in California. Close to 100 degree today. I put up some shade over the coop as well as ice in their waterers. I have 2 nipple waterers. The BO always has her mouth open and panting in the afternoon the past 3...
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    Picky Chick. Treat idea?

    I’m trying to find a treat that my almost 6-week old Silver laced Wyandotte will like. So far I introduced mealworm, strawberry, pumpkin seed, cooked egg, pineapple, plain yogurt.....None of these got her attention at all..... I wish I find something that she would go crazy for. On the other...
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    A chick that never dust bath while others do

    Hi, I’m pretty new to backyard chicken. Got 3 baby chicks that are close to 5 weeks old. (Rhode Island Red, Silver laced Wyandotte and Buff Orpington). I took them outside to play in the yard and the Rhode Island Red and Silver Wyandotte stated to take their dust bath for like 15-20 minutes...
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