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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    Two eggs yesterday. Very strange, but guess things are slowly improving.
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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    One egg yesterday! 10-4 on some extra calcium. I'll pick up some oyster shell this week.
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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    Agreed.
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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    They are definitely eating it. Have refilled both feeders once and they currently need it again.
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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    Producers Pride layer pellets. They were on PP layer crumbles. I bought the pellets by mistake and as soon as I switched over they stopped like somebody flipped a switch.
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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    Tomorrow will be one month. Still nothing.
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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    10-4. Just seemed kinda odd that they would ALL stop and that they've stopped for this long. Still nothing and now on Day 15.
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    Changed food 12 days ago (11/9) and ZERO eggs as of today / Plus one loss to a predator

    Mistakenly bought like 10 bags of pellets (in a hurry with 6 year old in tow) as opposed to crumble and production came to a screeching halt. Literally zero eggs since food change. That being said, one of the 7 gallon buckets still had a few inches of crumble in it, so their normal food was...
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    Contagious broodiness?

    Certainly bigger than the nesting box they essentially living in. It’s a large breed dog crate. The metal kind with a plywood bottom and items to roost on.
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    Contagious broodiness?

    So this is my 6th year with chickens. Second flock with 17 hens and ample space. Have dealt with broody hens before. Most i ever had was 2. A few times I’ve had one it worked itself out. Other times I’ve done solitary for 3 days. Well, I got lazy here recently with two with fingers...
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    Fix seems to be working. Too bad garden not coming in worth a darn.
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    Too late for all that common sense now!
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    If not, we’re having some chicken stew with this vegetable crop coming up.
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    Fingers crossed. I think it’ll work.
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    Here's what I'm thinking. Three uprights per long side... As low profile as possible (windage, sun blocking, structure that might look like landing spot to chicken). Then make four bird net panels for each side of a single planter. No rigid members on sides. Bottom member can be any size and...
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    Think I have a solution that will: a) Be relatively easy / cheap to construct b) Will 100% work c) Will not reduce access to beds and will be easy to work around d) Will not impede weed control and/or mowing. STAND BY....
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    Here's a thought. Like 1' wide panels with maybe six inches between them. Space between plenty big enough to use hand / arm to tend to garden, but small enough to prevent them from hopping in. Could make panels as tall I want. Just an idea...
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    Yeah, I gotcha. Not a bad idea. I've seen similar systems many a time in 3 and 4 strand barbed wire fences. Would definitely solve the chicken problem. Downside is, if I went high enough to guarantee no chickens, then I MUST deal with eight separate gates (two long sides of the four...
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    These chickens have never been big flyers. When they were elevated I never had a problem. Now that the surface of the beds are only 18" off the ground, they're just hopping in. I'm HOPING that when I put the additional 18" of wire around the perimiter of each individual unit, it will solve...
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    Keeping chickens out of vegetable garden... pics of current set up included

    Thanks. Good point on not having an attractive landing spot. I really don't want one pen around all four. Would make mowing a real pain. I was just going to use six uprights per planter, and then wrap them in likely chicken wire. Se the "red" in the picture. They wouldn't think to land on...
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