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    OMG! I'm soooooo excited! FIRST EGG!!!! (PICS ADDED)

    Congratulations! I think my 6 americana's are supposed to start laying now, but still nothing. One is doing the stamping/submissive thing but I can't fnd any eggs. I am happy for you though, it must be a great feeling!
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    Chickens won't go into coop at night

    Thanks for all the replies. I tried the light tonight and it did not work. They were all roosting on the fence again and I had to carry them in by hand. Perhaps tomorrow I will try and guide them in myself. It may be that they don't really see the door. Sometimes I am really reminded that...
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    They won't drink in the coop

    I have recently made some hanging waterers using chicken nipples and 5 gallon buckets. They work great and I have one inside the coop and one outside the coop. I managed to get the chickens trained on the watere outside the coop and figured seeing they look identical that they would figure out...
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    Chickens won't go into coop at night

    I have 6 chickens that free range during the day and always put themselves to be at night. Their coop is in a shed and the entrance, until recently has been a regular door that I open in the morning and close at night. My husband has recently made an automatic door that opens in the morning...
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    My chickens hate me!

    They are finally coming around! I have made sure every time I go into the pen, I have a handful of food and would squat down to their level and wait for them to come and eat it out of my hand. Now, its been a week and they are starting to run over to me when I open the door!!! They will run...
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    My chickens hate me!

    I have had a little bit of a breakthrough. They still run when they see me, but if I squat down with food in my hand, they will come and eat out of my hand. Small victories I am now trying to get them to eat out of my hand every time I go in, so hopefully they will associate me with food...
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    My chickens hate me!

    Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I know I shouldn't chase them with the broom, however they ran into some bushes that I couldn't get into, and I could not get them to come out!! I have plugged up the hole where they escaped ow, so hopefully that won't happen again until I am ready to...
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    My chickens hate me!

    sorry, I should mention these are americauna pullets about 4-5 weeks old.
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    My chickens hate me!

    I got new chickens 3 days ago. The first day I couldn't get them into the pen at night and ended up have to chase them with a broom. Not the start I was hoping for. Next day they were so frightened of me they would just run into the corner. Then they managed to get out of the coop and again...
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    How to give treats?

    Hi All, I am new here (and new to keeping chickens) and was wondering if there was a special way to give treats to the chickens. I have pullets and tried to give them some cut up cucumber and red pepper and they didn't touch it. I just tossed it into the run. Do I need to put it in their...
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    Thrown In the Deep End

    Hi All, I have been wanting chickens for a while now, but never had the house or space to have them. I just bought and moved into my new dream home with 2.4 acres and space to have the veggie garden and chickens I wanted. I thought in a couple months after I settle in and could set up the coop...
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