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I have 2 cochin girls that have gone broody - in the past the one i have put Ella in chicken solitary / in a wire crate for 5 days and that sorts her our for quite a while. now Rhiana has also gone broody, we are having temperatures well below freezing at night and I think it would be dangerous...

I only have 5 hens - but that is plenty for our family. They have a 5' chain link fenced chiken yard 12' x 20' and it is covered with a predator netting, which has worked brilliantly so far. I want to plant som vines to grow up the chain link fence and also some vines that will grow up the...

So do I just keep a diligent watch for her to be on the nest? and put her in solitary each time? and how long should a hen be on a nest as a general rule of thumb? Can I let her have time outside during the day or will she just try and nest in the grass of her pen?

she is a blue cochin

Ella is 6 months old and has been laying an egg every day and a half until this week and she has laid an egg every day - yesterday I noticed she was on the nest every time I went to check the hen house and finaly about 5pm there was an egg under there. Took the egg, she was not pleased. lol...

My girls have just started laying 1 for 3 weeks and 1 for 3 days and 1 had her first egg today. I never found any rubber eggs or wierd eggs. These eggs from the very first have had very hard shells. My Nephew dropped one on the way to the house this am and it cracked slightly but was not at...

I have 2 purebred cochins and 2 cochin/copper maran crosses and one buff orpington/partridg cochine - I got them because they were sweet in temperament an Ioved how "fluffy" they looked lol the the oldest purebred cochin has been laying for 3 weeks about an egg every day and a half - but 3...

well we are off and running... so to speak. We got 3 eggs for the first time out of 5 hens. was so exciting, just like christmas!

My full sized cochin hen is a bit over 20 months old and laying eggs for about 3 weeks we get one egg about every 36 hours usually late afternoon or evening - for the last 2 days there has been an egg in the nest 1st thing in the AM. The first time I arrived at the hen house, right when the...

Well it seemed like forever - but after finding 5 eggs over 5 days, under the roosting poles - My Blue Cochin Ella Fitzgerald finally laid an egg in my 5 gallon nesting bucket!!! I don't know who was more eggcited lol me or the other hens. While I was visiting the hen house Miss Ella went...

OH I don't think the 12 week old girls are laying - sorry for the confusion - I think its the 20 week old girl and the 2 18 week old ones I was just suprised to have 3 the first time and then only 1 today - but now I know that I need to check several times during the day I won't be worried any...

Got my first 3 eggs yesterday ffrom 5 hens - but I know 2 of the girls are still very young like 12 weeks and not read to lay yet. I went out this am all excited and NO EGGS - have to tell you I was crest fallen - opened up the coop gave them their treats for the day and went back to the house...

I have 5 hens the oldest is blue cochin, Ella is 20 weeks then Beyonce, a partridge cochin is 17 weeks, buff orpington is 16 weeks and the black cochin and copper maran mix are 14 weeks. Found 3 eggs this am under the roosing poles - have read that this is not abit unusual - one of the 3 was...

I just had good success with the "side-by-side" get familiar with each other routine I had a pen inside the coop so they could see each other, and I had a small pen/crate outside where they could see each other - I kept them separate for 2 weeks and by the end my lone girl was accepted by the...

Hi, I am new to chickens this summer too and will admit to probaby going a bit over board to keep them cooler and comfortable. I do the ice in their water. they get cool watermellon every day and tomato garden culls But the thing my girls love is the box fan I have hung on the edge of the...

I have a box fan that I have hung on the wire wall of the chicken coop and I leave it on low in this heat - my girls settle right down in front of it and the love the breeze blowing up their feathered butts lol I also have bought more watermellon since getting the hens - but they love it and I...

What about putting her in a dog crate at night in the house or on your porch? you can also make a very nice safe portable chicken pen with a dog wire expen that is easy to move around the yard from day to day - use netting to zip tie over the top so predators can't get in and the pullet can't...

so what product do you suggest we use?

I thought I would update how this morning went putting my "lonely chicken" Beyonce with the 4 new girls I put Beyonce out first as I would usually put her in her outside pen first, and then went back in the hen house to let the other 4 hens out into the yard - Well that beyonce beat me to...

OK my 2 week get to know you and be familiar period is over tomorrow - all has gone well. my original hen really gets upset when the 4 new girls get out of sight and the new girls have made a dust bath right beside her pen. AT nite the 4 choose to roost or nest next to her and she roosts next...