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6chickens in St. Charles : Quote: Our EE adored pecking a hole in the plastic wood chips bag and laying eggs in her excavated "cave" of wood chips. Now we keep all those supplies in metal cans so they can't get to it. I'll go you one better. Last week the cows broke into a pump...

Quote: Amen sistah.

Quote: If the two younger hens - Ivy and Mandi - think the brahmas are going to go broody and save them the trouble they are in for a long wait. I've been waiting for more than three years for the very same thing. Funny thing happened yesterday. Ivy as the head hen of the younger flock...

Quote: Yeah I get that part, but I'm really curious at to what my two top hens from the larger coop think they are accomplishing by laying in the brahma coop.

Quote: There's a reason I call this place The Funny Farm.

Scooter&Suzie : I know hens like their nest to be in a private area... Is that why? Of course if life did originate from pond scum, not that I believe it did, I wouldn't be surprised if chickens are a bit nuts... The nestboxes, large covered kitty litter pans, are identical in make, size and...

Why are chickens so weird?????? I recently added another nestbox to my larger coop, bringing the grand total of nestboxes to 7 if you don't count the broody crate that's in use right now. That's seven nestboxes for 17 pullets and hens; two of which - my little polish and the minorca - are not...