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  1. Angel25

    Bully Hen Guarding Coop!

    I have a hen in my flock who always sleeps near the door of the coop. She keeps attacking any other hen who tries to go in at night and now i'm finding hens trying to sleep all over the run! Does anyone have any advice for stopping this behaviour?
    • Angel25
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    • bed time bully bully behavior bully hen coop at night guarding door
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  2. H

    Bedtimes and Reluctant Chickens

    I have 6 ex-battery hens and one cockerel who all happily graze the garden throughout the day. They use the coop to lay eggs but spend 90% of time outside. I keep reading posts on well-behaved chickens who put themselves to bed, but I often have quite a task on my hands, ushering them out of...
  3. DrVix2021

    Bedtime?

    Hi all, I was wondering what time you put your ducks to bed? This is my first winter with ducks and it gets dark so early. We have Alexa alarms that blast through our house at 5pm but when I came back today it was dark by 4:30pm. My ducks free range all the time from when they’re let out of...
    • DrVix2021
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    • bed time ducks pen
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Q

    8 week old hatched silkie afraid of the flock

    Hi there. I am new here. I have 3 hens and a rooster and now an 8 week baby. 2 of the hens believed she was her baby. They both laid on the egg and then took care of her up until 6 weeks old. One Mom left at 5 weeks and the other 6 weeks. She was introduced to the flock at 4 weeks with both moms...
  5. mamahennorth

    First night outside- is this what I do?

    Hello BYC Community. I'm new to raising chickens. I incubated and hatched 6 lovely bantams, but sadly 4 were taken by a fox. I'm now left with two lovely little cockerels (at least I think they're cockerels). They are 6 weeks old, and getting a bit too big for their brooder box, and very vocal...
  6. S

    Nesting on roof of coop at night

    My polish chicken started, a few days ago, putting herself to bed on the roof of the coop. When I go down to close them up at night I have to grab her off of there. Why would she be doing this and how can I deter her? She seems to be pretty low in the pecking order, could it be a result of...
  7. JessicaWils09

    Bedtime Shenanigans

    Hi Everyone I've had hens for about 6 years now and I absolutely love them. My oldest is Minnie and she's about 8 years old. She was a 'secondhand hen' as I call her but all my other girls have been ex-battery. Normally the ex-batts learn to put themselves to bed relatively quickly, but the last...
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