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    Flying over 4ft fences even after clipping a wing

    Thank you! I clipped one wing only. Is it better to do both?
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    Flying over 4ft fences even after clipping a wing

    I have a mixed flock of australorp and EE layers. My setup is: a 10x10 coop that they get locked in at night, surrounded by an electrically charged net to keep predators out. All of this sits in my backyard, which is fenced in on all sides. During the day, they forage all over the yard. There's...
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    This is so great to know...so I can skip the brooder phase and not deal with a super dusty basement!
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    That is adorable! Now what happens if you slip them under before 21 days?
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    Oh I'm so glad this helps because that's exactly what the kids did this evening--they put her on the roost and locked up the nesting boxes for the night. Maybe that will help!
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    Thank you so much!
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    I'm taking note of this in case we ever decide to hatch eggs. My flock is all pullets, so no fertile eggs, but she's broody all the same.
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    Thank you! Do you happen to know the rough dimensions of the kind of kennel you mean?
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    Oh gotcha! Thank you!
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    It's going to be -4*C (24.8*F). I had read that the roost can retain enough heat beneath her to keep the hormones going?
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    Broody in sub-freezing temps?

    We are first time chicken owners, and quite suddenly the cold weather descended on us in the southeast. We are expecting sub freezing temps tonight. We have an open air coop and my husband is tarping three sides to cut the wind exposure, but do I need to get insulation around it before...
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    chicken laid perfect egg in AM, then in PM was acting withdrawn/unwell before dropping a soft shelled egg

    Thank you so much!
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    chicken laid perfect egg in AM, then in PM was acting withdrawn/unwell before dropping a soft shelled egg

    One of my EEs, who started laying mid-September, laid a perfect egg this morning. This evening, she was isolating herself from the flock. My kids put her on the perch since it was getting dark and the chickens were heading in for the evening. A few minutes later, she dropped a soft shelled egg...
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    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    What a good rooster!
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    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    I had golf balls and one of mine wasn't fooled by them. She seemed to only want a nest of real eggs, and many of them, so I've hollowed out their shells and filled them with sand.
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    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    I think I'm going to try this.
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    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    I'm learning!
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    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    So should egg collection be done without the chickens seeing?
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    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    What's your ideal ratio?
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    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    Thank you!
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