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    Comment by 'ardagh23' in article 'Ooodalolly at DunRovin Station'

    Wonderful Job. It's an impressive chicken coop. It looks more like a house that you LET chickens take over... ha ha. ha .ha.
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    I have what I think is an EE and she doesn't lay a lot like my barred rock or Brahmas.
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    How can I tell if it's a true Amerucana? How many eggs per year?
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    Blue Egg Layers

    Which breed lays the most blue eggs per year and has the biggest body size? Approximately how many eggs per year can I expect?
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    Sorry I already gave her away. She went fast on Craigslist. Now I have 2 open spots. I'm interested in getting blue egg shell layers. Which breed lays the most blue eggs per year and has the largest body size?
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    Salmon Faverolle Hen

    This girl needs a new home. For some reason she isn't getting along with the rest of the flock and is picked on all the time. We're located in the Portland metro area.
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    Does anyone want a free hen? I'm around Portland Metro area.
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    I setup extra roost space and she still isn't using the roost. She isn't laying. Doesn't seem like there is much else I can do. I'm going to cook her. What is the big deal about the rooster. He only tries to attack me at night when I'm in the coop/run, never in daylight. I think he can't...
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    Next plan is to try and give her her own roost, higher than the nesting boxes.
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    I tried putting her on the roost. It worked the first night. The next night the rooster jumped down and attacked me. He can do some serious damage and doesn't like someone sneaking inside at night and making his hens squawk. I'm done with that idea.
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    I think that is the real issue, pecking order. She is bottom of the it. I have a mix of breeds, from Cuckoo Marans to Barred Rocks, to Rhode Island Reds, Brahmas. She is a salmon faverolle and is always hiding. She is the smallest and doesn't seem to have any buddies. The rooster used to...
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    They are all of laying age. Some are laying right now while others are not laying. The one that sleeps in the nesting box is not laying. Unfortunately I can't block the nesting boxes. I'll have to try to put her in the roost I guess. The roost is big enough for all the chickens; 2 bars...
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    I have 1 hen of 11 chickens (10 hens | 1 rooster) that will not use the roost to sleep. She uses the nesting box to sleep. The problem with using the nesting boxes is that she poops a lot in them and then I have to clean more often. How do I break her of using the nesting box to sleep?
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    Rhelina's Eggs

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    1st Greenie

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    3 Doz

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    Eggcellent Blue in the Middle

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    Snow in Portland Oregon

    That sounds like a great idea. Then I wouldn't need to boil water, just run the hose up and refill the bowl. I've lived in Portland for 14 years now and we've never had snow like this in the past. I don't think it will be a continuing trend. I'm just wondering though could they eat the snow...
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    Snow in Portland Oregon

    Hello, I have a small flock of 7 birds that I raised from chicks. This is my first run ever with chickens. They're all about 11 months old. My concern is that their watering bowl is frozen. At first I was boiling water, pouring it in and then thawing out the water. They would run up and...
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