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  1. H

    Chickens taking out the nesting eggs

    Okay..so I made an amateur mistake. When we put our pullets into the coop, we didn’t cover up the nesting box area (at the time we hadn’t finished putting the dividers in so I want sure if it mattered) One of my hens (16 weeks) laid her first egg, we found it in the run. So, we put dividers in...
  2. Shellebelle920

    Ungrateful hens? Or I’m being impatient

    I just started with chickens a few months back. My hens have all hit 19 weeks this week and there is not an egg in sight. I have Marans, legbars and leghorns. I only have 7, but I do keep a gorgeous legbar cockerel in with them most days. Could they be stressed from him? They don’t seem to be...
  3. KatelynC

    Starting to lay over the winter?

    I have a question for the more experienced than I. We have a brand new flock of five hens (Rhode island red, welsummer, Easter egger, BPR, golden laced Wyandotte). They were born in mid-june, and we have had them since they were 3 days old. They have not started laying yet, but some of them are...
  4. Debutante

    When to open up nest boxes?

    In our coop we've closed up all the nest boxes to prevent them from getting pooped in and slept in, etc. until our girls are old enough to lay. Right now, they're only 13 weeks. My question is, when should we open up the nest boxes and prepare them with shavings and hay? Will the hens need some...
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