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We have built a large run about 47'x12' and have seven birds. We try to let ours out everyday but we are not perfect. We do it later in the day because of the Hawk activity seems to die off after 4pm. We have neighbors who have lost their entire flock from dogs, coyotes, and hawks, because...

Great article and information. Question is does this happen more in older chickens naturally or have you found it due more to non-free ranging chickens or maybe other reasons? Just wondering cause I have chickens my wife will make me keep forever because she has named them. LOL

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Friend raises a variety. https://shadybrookplazafar.wixsite.com/website?fbclid=IwAR1LfEfdMaDYKN40Jf8I9EyvusWRO6a0T1YxdXWeBL_kTjE66oCgOl8kMfo

Maybe too far for you? https://shadybrookplazafar.wixsite.com/website?fbclid=IwAR1LfEfdMaDYKN40Jf8I9EyvusWRO6a0T1YxdXWeBL_kTjE66oCgOl8kMfo

A friend of mine I believe raises those. https://shadybrookplazafar.wixsite.com/website?fbclid=IwAR1LfEfdMaDYKN40Jf8I9EyvusWRO6a0T1YxdXWeBL_kTjE66oCgOl8kMfo

Update: Broody time is over and she is back to normal after 3 weeks. That was a learner for sure. Thanks for all your info and input. Now we know what to look for at early signs.

She is definitely broody mode, she is now sitting on the nest almost all day. We try and keep her off when we can and make her roost at night outside the coop with the others.

Yes, but has the chicken coop in the middle, but can still see everywhere.

She is definitely in broody mode. We are waiting for her time to expire in about another week, but are trying to keep her off the nest and keep her alive from running around clucking and chirping driving the others crazy. Will update on how it ends, maybe with chicken stew...that was mean.

Definitely she is in the broader mode. She is sitting on the eggs now and we are trying to keep her from doing so, without much success. The other hens still are bothering her because she runs around chirping and clucking driving them crazy. We are waiting to see if she stops in about another...

I will see if I can get a video to post so you can hear the noise she makes.

The run is a rectangle shape but the coop sits right in the middle so that creates a break. We have two different places in each corner of the run for them to jump up on to roost at night time and she will jump up on that to escape the chasing but when she jumps off to go eat or drink it goes...

We are watching her and it seems that her chirping noise seems to be what is provoking the other chickens to chase her. I am wondering why she has started that chirping noise.

I have seven Golden Comets in a run 24ft by 10 ft with coop in the middle. No problem with room. A few days ago I have one of the hens, which I believe is the lowest in the pecking order, walking around the run and then starts to quietly chirp. Several of the other chickens start chasing her...

We only have 7 chickens fully grown. We only let them out while we can watch them. We have hawks and even owls in the evening will fly over and hawks have even swooped down before. I believe 7 weeks old they would be dinner quickly.

We stay with ours, we only have seven, because we have hawks all the time flying over and have even swooped in before. So, we only let them out while we are out with them. I have neighbors who have lost some while not watching them.

Ok Thanks.

One of our 7 Golden Comets ear lobes are turning white. Any ideas or suggestions? Also there is a black spot on the waddle too.

When I built mine I had to keep reminding myself, it's a chicken coop.