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    No eggs since she was egg bound

    Early fall I had a hen that showed almost all symptoms of being egg bound. She made it through but hasn't laid another egg since. How long will this last or will she lay any more? She's a Polish and is one of my favorite chickens.
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    Introducing new chickens

    It's been almost 2 weeks and they are still picking on them. The new hens are close to the same size but definitely are intimidated by the others. They pretty much stay on the outside roosts but will come down when I'm in the run, but otherwise they get picked on and jump backup above ground. I...
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    Dried Herbs for the coop

    I sure hope I have enough to last all winter. I cut and dried various mints, rosemary, bee balm, lavender and tarragon to sprinkle in the coop during the winter for some freshness. I've put a little in already and you can smell it just a bit...
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    Curious about their roosting

    I got my 6 on Mothers Days weekend, and the ladies have just started to use their roost. They turned 5 months old this October. Until they started using their inside roost they all cuddled together. At first when I put them into thier coop/ run they would all cram themselves into a bottom nest...
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    Can you feed your chickens hay?

    It's coming into winter for me and soon the snow, ice and frozen ground will be here. I was wondering besides grain can I feed my chickens good hay? Alfalfa or clover hay? They of course love to scratch around but the ground will be frozen so was wondering what I can give them to scratch and...
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    Nest boxes

    My ladies love to scrunch into two nest boxes to sleep. Now they aren't laying yet, maybe in 6 -8 weeks or so... Do I need to cover the boxes so they sleep somewhere else and then when they start laying I open them back up?????
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    Echoesechos Chickens

    For the last several years I have been dreaming about owning some chickens. Poured over many pictures of coops, outside nest boxes and tried to learn as much as I could for when I took the plunge and got some chickens. So over the 2012 Mothers Day weekend I bought 7 chicks of various breeds...
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