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    Only 1 chicken laying

    Hi Mama , I have 6 Light Sussex and 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte hens but only 2 are adults. There are another 2 that are just a year old. Although the books I have read on this topic says anytime from 18 to 24 weeks, I think 24 to 30 weeks would be more accurate. I assume you are feeding layers...
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    How do you get your birds to be so friendly?

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    How do you get your birds to be so friendly?

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    How do you get your birds to be so friendly?

    Hi, I have 2 Light Sussex hens that are really
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    Rooster singling out hen and aggressive?

    I had the exact same issue with one of my roosters & the hen he picked on was his foster mam, by that I mean he was hatched in an incubator & then introduced to his foster mam at night. She was a fantastic mother & did a brilliant job of raising the 4 chicks I put under her. I did a lot of...
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    Thoughts on Roosters??

    Hi, it really depends on the rooster in my experience. The last two that I had were fantastic with the hens and would even pick up pieces of food and drop it in front of the hen and would even stand guard at the door of the coop when a hen went in to lay. If any bird flew overhead or a cat came...
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    Comment by 'Taffy57' in article 'Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens'

    An absolutely brilliant article and certainly made me chuckle, especially with regard to dogs being such whimps ( my English Bulldog included) and the humongous great stinky log that one of my hens drops at our door step every morning ( if only her eggs were that size ). I have had my flock for...
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    *POLL*What do you consider too much money for a chick ?

    It is very different in the UK, when I decided I wanted some chickens, I searched online for the breed I wanted and found a place approx 75 mile from where I live. This was a known breeder selling 16 week old pullets for £22.50 ($30.77), which was a tad more than I had bargained for, so I bought...
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    My neighbour has complained 😔

    I had the same issue with a neighbour moaning about my rooster crowing at 05.30 in the morning ! But to be fair he did give me a few weeks to try different tactics to quiet him down, unfortunately keeping him in the dark & anti crow collars didn't stop him crowing and i had to send him to that...
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    Cull him, or wait for protection?

    Yes unfortunately it would cost around $400 to $500 for initial set up for approx 100ft fence. But I guess you have to figure out the value of your flock and could it be increased a little, to help justify the initial out lay ..? The following link has all the info and prices...
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    Cull him, or wait for protection?

    Hi Songster, When I worked on farms many years ago, the electric fence used for cattle and horses consisted of either 1 or 2 strands of wire and were supported on insulated posts about 3 feet off the ground. The type of electric fence I'm talking of with regard to predators is the white...
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    Cull him, or wait for protection?

    Hi Songster , I had a very similar situation with the brother to "Rambo", my remaining rooster. Although brothers they had totally opposite personalities, Rambo is very protective and caring towards his hens and will even stand guard outside the nest box whilst they lay their eggs, yet he...
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    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Hi Rose, yeah and this noisey bugger has a hell of a set of lungs on him, even wearing a collar doesn't stop him. I'm going to try an additional collar above the first as they are only about 1 " wide and see if that restricts him a little more. I did read somewhere that sometimes excessive...
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    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Hi Amber, Thanks for the kind comment and I see Aart & Rose have already answered your questions. I did find a good video on YouTube explaining how to "break" a broody hen using a wire dog crate.... I unfortunately now have a problem of my own, a neighbour came over last weekend and...
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    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Favourite roost
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    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Hi Modze, their favourite roost is the garden table & benches, where they all congregate for a mid morning wash & brush up after breakfast. Funny thing but none of them lay in the coop, they all use the same nest box in the dog transport cage ! Not really my idea of a desirable residence hahaha
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    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Yes Rose, she is pooping, the full crop was because she is a greedy bugger when it comes to corn or the leaves of my strawberry plants and my Son had unfortunately let her have a little too much corn !
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    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Hi Rose, not sure about that. I do know that she went on the nest to lay, but after about a hour she came off the nest without producing an egg. She was limping slightly, according to my Son, plus she kept laying down around the garden for no apparent reason. When I picked her up to check her...
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    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Hi, Well just to keep you up to date, 3 dummy eggs were put in the nest around 16.30 yesterday, when she was still away in the back garden foraging with the rest of the chooks. I should point out that the nest is outside of the coop and consists of an old dog transport cage with a box at...
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    Broody or Not, that is the question..?

    Yes I am a little puzzled myself, but I know for certain there were no eggs left in the nest this morning as I watched my son remove them all. Plus we certainly only have 4 hens and 1 rooster, so unless somebody elses hen stopped by and deposited an egg, how on earth did we end up with 5 eggs...
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