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    Comment by 'harperboy' in article 'Feeding Treats to Chickens in Moderation: What You Need to Know'

    I give my 9 RIR girls their treat(mostly black fly larvae or cracked corn, or both mixed)late, late in the day about 30 mins before they go in the coop for the night. This will help keep them a bit warmer on these 25* nights. They go crazy over the mealworms and come running to the corner where...
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    Egg, eggs, eggs!

    I have 9 girls, one of them is a Production Red, the other 8 are RIRs. At least every other day I get 9 eggs, then I get 8 on odd days! They are 8.5 months old. They lay mostly early am but have a straggler who lays mid afternoon. Can’t believe I’m getting this many eggs. Most are large and...
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    Lost my flock to a raccoon :(

    Same here, lost all 9 of my girls in one night! They had just started laying. Never found out what animal did the deed. One killed in the coop but eight killed outside and the predator BURIED them. Didn’t dig a hole but neatly pile dirt on them and covered them up, none were removed! Does...
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    Weirdest Things Your Chickens Have Done

    No roosters!: my seven hens will not go to the roosting poles at night, all of them crowd into one of the fairly large nesting boxes. This is causing problems now that they have started laying(they’re 4 nos old). Anyone have this problem and what can be done to get them on the poles!?
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    Snake kill and chick fear.

    A snake killed one of my chicks in the run which didn’t seem to bother the other 9. Next night it killed one in the coop. Now the eight left act like they hate to go in the coop at night but go barely inside the door and pile up in the corner. Is this from fear of the snake? Would it help if...
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