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    Existing chickens are mean to new ones

    Everything settled down here. I've seen them roost together a few times. I only have 2 roosting bars. My existing 3 aren't being mean for no reason any more. They established their pecking order and things are going as planned. I've adjusted the automatic coop door and have it set to open 30...
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    Adding new hens

    I started another It wasn't going well at first. I have another thread, but I don't know how to link it to this reply. It's been a couple of weeks and things have settled down. All 5 of my hens even rooster together on the same roost. So that's progress I'd say. I have built them a run in the...
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    Existing chickens are mean to new ones

    I have 3. Which for 5 hens should be plenty. I know they all favor 1 because there were 2 days where they all laid in the same one. So I know she knows where to lay. I had also put in 1 big metal bin and a plastic basket on the floor( the 3 are raised ), that i took out today because no one was...
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    Existing chickens are mean to new ones

    Things seem to have calmed down a bit. Although they still don't like the new girls, and still peck them, it's not as often and not so mean. My main concern is that one of the new girls Brownie, is still laying off the roost at night. She is at the bottom of the pecking order from what I can...
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    Existing chickens are mean to new ones

    There's 3 that are up the ladder from the original design. They seem a bit small now, 12x12. And i had put 2 baskets on the floor directly under the other 3, just in case for variety.
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    Existing chickens are mean to new ones

    The coop is small, i just made it bigger. It's 76in in length by 36in width. It was from TS, and as recommended here on a different thread, I modified it, to make it bigger, by removing the run underneath. I live in an area that doesn't get too cold, rarely below 30F, never snows. But it does...
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    Existing chickens are mean to new ones

    i j I had to google what that was. That may be a solution. Would I put them on for the older hens only or all of them?
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    Existing chickens are mean to new ones

    I only have 1 coop, and no run, they free range in the backyard, not able to keep them separate at all times. Found an egg under the roost today from one of the new hens. She wasn't able to lay her egg yesterday. I did move the coop to a new place and rearranged everything inside to make it new...
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    Existing chickens are mean to new ones

    Help, my existing 3 hens that are just about 1 year old are being super mean to 2 new pullets I got last week. The pullets were ar point of lay and started laying within 3 days that I brought them home. I just let them out in the yard to free range as soon as I brought them home. Ever since...
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    Adding new hens

    Thanks! I was wondering how to make my coop bigger and that was a great example! I was already thinking of converting our old playhouse into a coop, but this seems like a better idea. I free range, so we don't really use that run. Their favorite spot is to hang out by the patio door and beg for...
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    Adding new hens

    Here's the coop that I have. Tractor Supply says it fits 6 hens. I 'fixed' the roosting bar, because it was way too narrow for mature hens. All 3 of them sleep on the same bar, usually huddled for warmth right now. We had 5 in there, but they were just about laying age, so not as big as mature...
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    Adding new hens

    We did have 5 in the summer, one being a rooster that I gave away, because we're not allowed to have them. And up until Christmas we had 4 laying hens. And because I'm within city limits, our backyard isn't exactly big enough to keep 2 sets of chickens separate, but if they're 1 flock, then...
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    Adding new hens

    I want to add 2 more hens to my 3 that we already have. All 3 of mine are not quite a year old.I don't have the space to quarantine or for baby chicks. So I'm looking to get ready to lay hens which in my area are about $25 to $30. My question is, how is to best integrate them? We have a...
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    1st year hens not laying

    Update: My Marans chicken Poppy, laid another egg today and sang the song of her people. It's smaller than her previous eggs and not a dark shade like she laid before, but it's an egg!
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    1st year hens not laying

    I didn't think that stress would be a factor in the molt, but that does sound like that's what's happening. It was scary for me to find my hen half eaten. We got lucky that only 1 was killed.
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    1st year hens not laying

    I did say that we lost a bird on Christmas eve to a predator. She was my Lavender Orpington. But the Marans and the EE weren't laying before the attack. They hadn't laid since the first week of December.
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    1st year hens not laying

    Yes, I bought them all as chicks, so absolutely positive on their age. They started laying in July and August. The marans started laying at 18 or 19 weeks, which i thought was early and she's bigger than the rest, but I got her and my EE at the same time as day old chicks.
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    1st year hens not laying

    I assumed that since it was their first winter, they'd be laying through the winter. Ha, I was wrong. And I just checked the coop and it looks like the EE isn't done molting, although i don't see any bare spots on her.
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    1st year hens not laying

    I have a 10 month old Black Marans and a 10 month old EE that are not laying. I also have an 11 month old Sex Link that is laying during the winter. The Marans is squatting for me but also mounted the sex link. We don't have a rooster and it's just the 3 ladies that are left. We lost one on...
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    Eggshell issues in new layer

    I just went in and she laid another egg. and there was an egg yolk and white without anything right next to it. Here's the second egg of the day. The first was laid around 11 am and this one was found right before 5pm. It is it possible that the extra calcium I gave her is making her more...
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