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See! I had no idea there was such a thing! Thanks!

Yep, they fit right through. I was worried about the cage being too small too. It was fine for Momma when sitting on eggs, but now she wants to show off and EAT lots of food. I think the showing off was a bad idea on her part. The other chickens just thought it was a new fun moving piece of food...

I have the rest figured out, but I don't know on this one. She lays brown eggs. Any ideas?

I was so excited, these were my first chicks hatched by one of my own. She sat on 4 eggs for 20 days and 3 hatched on July 5. The black one was my favorite, very hyper right from the beginning. Then, on Wed I went out and the bright yellow one was smashed (they are in the same coop as the rest...

I think I have a major case of picking. The picture attached is my rooster, but about half the hens look pecked too. I have tried the tar stuff the coop sells, but by the next morning, that is all gone, and the picking continues. Any ideas?

If I didn't do anything to screw it up: I think my four eggs will hatch on 7/6 (21 days, right?). One of my Black Stars has sat on them consistantly except for a few hours the day after I moved her nest to a more secluded area. But, following another post, I will have to agree that you almost...

Okay. I think this weekend will be spent re-arranging the coop to add a broody area! Thank you all for your input. I am really grateful for all the good advice! Oh, does anyone know if I should add extra nutrient to her water, or will she be fine without it? Thanks again!

Quote: I didn't think about her leaving the ones that haven't hatched yet to tend the ones that have. I have a feeling that it is going to be a loooonngg day for me when/if the eggs start hatching (I'm trying not to get my hopes up to high for my first try!) Do you pen the momma up to keep...

Thanks! I am going to try to leave her in there then. The others seem to be leaving her alone and I have plenty of other boxes for them to lay in. I will just make her get up about twice a day to eat and drink. I have never seen the YouTube videos of the baby chick tossing, and it kind of...

I have my first Broody Hen (a Black Star). She is sitting in a regular nest box in the middle of the group of boxes. There are nine boxes, so the one she is in is about 3 feet off of the floor. She has 5 eggs under her. Everything I've read says that I need to move her out of the regular...

Just wanted to add that I am from NW Arkansas, outside of Fayetteville.

I can just picture you with your legs sticking out!! That's great! I guess I'm going to have to put some of the DH's golf balls out in the boxes to see if that will help!

So, I just started getting eggs at the beginning of the month, but I hadn't found any in about a week and was starting to wonder... Last night I started really hunting around the coop, and low and behold, in a corner that I didn't think a chicken could even fit in, 9 eggs!! Sneaky little...

This has been a very helpful topic!! I was figuring most of it out, but still had some I wasn't sure about!

I'm sorry. We didn't lose any chickens here, but I didn't have any little ones trying to hatch right now. I do feel your pain though. We haven't had electricity since Tuesday 1/27 @ 9:00am and it is still not on (yes, I am taking advantage of the electricity at work, ). Same ice storm that...

That's true! I will always remember!

I expected my first eggs to start coming in February. I was really excited to go to the coop on 1/31 to find my very first egg! I know the chickens must be a little stress too, but I guess it didn't matter! If we ever get our electricity back on I will download pictures of the egg and the ice...

They were all in when I got home, but I could tell they had been out because they don't eat as much of their food when they are outside all day. They didn't seem upset at all, just happy to see me coming with their treats! Thanks!

I opened my chickens out side door today so that they could get to their run. It was warm this morning (about 55), but now it is about 35 degrees and is supposed to start raining before I get home. Do you think they will be smart enough to go back inside? (This is the first time I have let them...

Thank you all for the welcome. I am sure I will be obsessed. I sort of get that way about most things I do!!