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Also sweet meadow feed and grain in sherbon ma.

I have purchased chicks from Shamrock farm in Mendon ma. Always got healthy certified disease free birds. You can find them on facebook

I started blocking the nest box by jamming a slightly deflated Basketball in the opening just before dusk and pulling it out each morning coincidentally by girls started laying this week love those warm days.

I will do that. Being a few years into retirement age I don’t jump down of anything anymore either. Come on spring

No ladder I should design something to that effect. She is a gentle giant I adopted a few years back.

I have more than one that sleeps in the nesting box but the main culprit in an old very large hen who doesn’t like to fly and hits the ground with a thump if I don’t place her down gently. I understand her not getting up on the roosting bars(2) but I need to keep her out of the box. The smaller...

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This question probably belongs in the chicken behavior forum but I like to see the activity in our Mass. thread. Does anybody else have hens that sleep in a nesting box instead of up on their roosting bars and if so what have you done to stop the habit. I have tried blocking the nest several...

I would love to give your hens a new home. I have been keeping chickens for 5 years now and of my current Gang of Four three where adopted from a family that had to move. They would be well cared for. Powerhour

Deano Try shamrock farm in mendon. You might be able to communicate with them on Facebook.

I’m in metro west in a not very pet friendly town. I’ll leave it at that

Hi tigger , bird netting 50x100 on Amazon $76 thru $100 Any cover helps. I allow a wild rasberry to grow behind the coop. It’s taking over my old garden area but grows thick and provides seasonal snacks for the birds. I too would love a yard dog but will wait to retirement to spend more time...

Bird netting is pretty cheap. I purchased a big box but never deployed it. Would destroy our view. I guess it’s part time ranging for both of us. The good news is the days are getting longer so the girls will have more freedom and we get more eggs. Gatehopper

Hi Karl, not much you can do except supply cover. I’m lucky enough to have a good deal of shrubbery between my yard and my neighbors and have had one Killed and two others attacked by hawks over three years. I only free range part time and have started putting the girls in earlier than dusk...

Thanks tigger your reply did come to my email. It’s the Massachusetts thread I want to be set up that way.

I believe this thread should post to my email but seems to drop off constantly. Anybody have a solution Thanks you

Hi drellbug being down to 2 hens due to a coyote attack l may be interested in your hens. Are they still laying are where may I see them. I am in the metro west area

Look up the shamrock farm in Mendon. I have purchased chicks and pullets from them, all healthy.

Welcome aboard Dennis, I lived on the Cape through most of the 70"s. Miss it. Good luck with the birds.

Welcome to the clutch. What kind of birds are you keeping.