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    Egg Production Down, Eggs All Over

    Hi all, My 4 chickens have been doing quite well however the past few weeks I've been getting less eggs, and there have been some eggs laid outside of the boxes. From the day they started laying they always laid right in the boxes no problem and I consistently got 3-4 eggs a day. Now I am...
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    Broody hen, no rooster!

    I was going to clean out the coop today and change out the bedding, and I noticed the nesting boxes were occupied all day. I didn't want to disturb the girls while they were laying, so I waited. And waited. And waited. I noticed one hen was not leaving the boxes. And now the others are all up on...
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    Finally made my run walk-in height!

    After dealing with the 4' height of my chickens' run since I've had them last year, I finally raised the height up to a little over 6' at the front and about 5 and half foot at the rear. My design worked great other than it was too low to easily gain access to. I'm 6'2", so I still have to duck...
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    Do I still need to offer oyster shell?

    Hi all, I just recently bought my first bag of feed since I got rehomed my rooster. Now that I have all girls (4 total), I switched from the green Purina Flock raiser crumbles to the light blue Purina Layena crumbles. Previously I was offering oyster shell and grit on the side in separate...
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    Too early to take down plastic wind block?

    Our high temps have been in the high 40s, 50s and even low 60s for the past week or so. Lows are still in the mid to low 30s, but that's at night when the chickens are in the coop. I'm wondering if I can take down some of my winter wind block plastic, either partially or entirely now? I'd like...
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    Hen will not stop squawking, no apparent reason?

    My Welsummer hen is kinda wacky, she is very skittish and jumpy and just a strange bird. This morning she has been squawking nonstop for no apparent reason. She has yet to lay her first egg but she should be laying any day now, I'm guessing maybe related to that? My other hen just started laying...
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    My nest boxes

    My nest boxes are a removable design made from those cheap particle board ones you buy at TSC. I haven't had them in the coop since they take up room and the chickens hadn't been laying eggs until just yesterday. I believe only one of four is laying so far, but she has laid in the same spot in...
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    Instinct or Aggression and what to do?

    I've had some discussions here before about my rooster possibly being a little too aggressive with the hens but the general consensus seemed to be that it was normal mating behavior. Well I've been monitoring the situation and the behavior with the hens has remained pretty much unchanged...
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    Will chickens eat voles/shrews?

    Every year usually around early spring I have a problem with voles and (what I'm told are) short tailed shrews. They are like tiny, mouse sized moles. They make a disaster out of my yard, tunneling through the whole the thing. With the warm weather we've had it seems the shrews and voles have...
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    Increasingly Aggressive Rooster

    I have 5 chickens, 4 pullets and 1 rooster. They are now at 25-30 weeks of age and pretty much full grown. Still none laying eggs. The rooster has always been sort of at the top of the pecking order but mostly stays to himself. He's never been aggressive towards me or any other humans. But he is...
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    Run Floor Material

    I've been using straw in my covered 8'x8' run pretty much since I built it. I used it at the suggestion of my uncle who had chickens for several years. But honestly I've never been very happy with the straw. My main complaints are- 1.) It is messy. It gets everywhere. Outside the coop, on your...
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    Run Lighting

    I've now had my chickens since about mid August when they were just chicks, and I still haven't gotten a single egg. I don't think this is abnormal because they probably have only become mature enough to lay eggs in the past month or so, and the days are very short this time of year which I've...
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    Don't buy this waterer.

    Just a fair warning so that hopefully none of you make the same mistake I did. Don't buy this waterer. They sell it at Tractor Supply. It is made by Farm Innovators and is model HPF-100. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/farm-innovators-heated-poultry-fount I don't usually write bad...
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    Rooster Crowing "too" early?

    My Welsummer Rooster who is approximately 24 weeks old has been crowing for about a couple weeks now and at first it was just when I let them out of the coop in the morning, usually right around 7 or 8 AM, then one or two more times throughout the day. Well he's been crowing earlier and...
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    Some Simple Weatherproofing Upgrades

    I made a couple simple weatherproofing upgrades to my coop and run to help keep the moisture and the drafts away. If you are having trouble with either, these might help. First I bought some door sweeps to make some weatherstripping to keep the drafts out of the coop. Most of the door gaps are...
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    Rooster Crowing

    My Welsummer rooster has just started crowing in the past week or so. He's made squawking noises since he was a few weeks old, but he's just recently got the cock-a-doodle-doo noise down. I think it's hilarious.
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    What feed should I be giving to my 5 birds?

    I have 5 chickens, one rooster and one pullet that are both about 21 weeks, and three pullets that are about 12 weeks. None are laying eggs yet. I have been feeding them Purina chick starter in the red bag up to this point because I didn't want any birds getting calcium if they didn't need it...
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    Help! Hen has Injured foot!

    Help, my approximately 20 week old hen is limping. I just noticed this this morning. She won't put any weight on her right foot. Here is a picture of her holding it up. She will still come out of the coop but she flies out, she won't walk down the ramp. This is the first I have dealt with an...
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    Chickens first snow

    Today we got our first accumulation of snow of the season. My heated waterer is doing it's job and the coop has no snow inside. The run does have some snow in it, so I think I'm going to have to cover at least one or two sides with something. I really don't want to use tarps for aesthetic...
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    Food/scratch/straw/bedding storage

    Hi everyone, I currently am keeping my chicken feed, scratch, wood chips, grit and supplies inside my garage. They are fine there but they are beginning to take up a fair bit of space and I have to carry everything from the garage to the coop every time I need it. I was thinking about getting...
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