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    can chicks squeeze through poultry wire?

    Hi all- I am making a divider in my current chicken run to separate my new girls from my existing flock. The new girls are a week old today. I was originally planning on putting up 2" galvanized hexagonal poultry netting as a separator (note that this is inside the run to separate chicks and...
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    How long until thicker shells?

    Interesting! My girls get plenty of sun, but I'm definitely going to do some reading about chickens and vitamin D. Thanks everyone for your thoughts.
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    How long until thicker shells?

    Hi all- One of my hens (a RIR) has always tended to lay eggs with a fairly weak shell (my girls have been laying for 2 years and eat layer feed). When she started laying again after taking a short winter break, the shells seemed even worse; her eggs would often get broken in the nest boxes when...
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    Top chicken no more?

    I have a mixed flock of only hens who were all raised together and are almost two years old. There seems to be an upheaval in the pecking order and I'm trying to figure out why. The two hens that have been on the top of the pecking order have been fighting. The hen who I would have...
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    Will rats physically harm full grown chickens?

    I've been reading threads on rats and have seen a lot of people mention that if they are eating the chickens' food and the food is removed, they might go after the chickens. Has anyone had a rat hurt or kill their full-sized chicken? I would think that if a rat got into our run that our...
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    Will hens lay for a longer period of time during their lives if they take a break in the winter?

    Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and experiences - I found it super helpful!
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    Will hens lay for a longer period of time during their lives if they take a break in the winter?

    I'm trying to figure out whether or not I should put a light in my coop this winter to increase egg laying. I know that chickens are born with a certain number of eggs in their ovaries. My question is, do they lay a set number of eggs whether they lay in the winter or not? If they take a...
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    Hello from Northern Virginia

    My husband and I moved into a home in Vienna, Va in Fairfax county and one of the first things we did was order chickens! They arrived in April and we've been enjoying them ever since. We've learned a lot, and I read many threads on BYC before I became a member. There is so much great...
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