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Kuritsa y Utochka said:
Hi all! I'm Kuritsa y Utochka, which translates to Chicken and Duck in the Russian language. I prefer to not share my real name online, so please refer to me as Kuritsa, Utochka, or Kuritsa y Utockha. Any of those will do.

I joined this forum in early March, but have not introduced myself yet because I only got my chickens Tuesday. I am not completely new to chickens. In the fall of 2021, I had 5 free range chicks that died one by one due to foxes in our area. The last one to die was 14 weeks old, so I have no experience with laying hens.

I have six Barred Rock laying hens. I have absolutely no idea how old they are, as the farm I purchased them at did not tell me their age.

I haven't had a lot of time to have a particular "favorite" aspect of backyard chicken keeping, although I do rather enjoy carrying them from their pen to the coop (the coop is in the garage and the pen is outside) and I also enjoy feeding them out of my hand. My family and I have been building a chicken enclosure in our backyard with hardware cloth, and it will be finished this weekend. In the meantime, our chickens are staying in an old pen from 2021. It's a bit small - and they don't like it a lot - but it will do for a few more days.

My chickens are my only pets. And, in case you're wondering, I found BYC through my loads of Google searches related to chickens! I think I might've bombarded the internet with all my questions...
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Hope you have a great day!
Kuritsa
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Kuritsa y Utochka said:
Hi all! I'm Kuritsa y Utochka, which translates to Chicken and Duck in the Russian language. I prefer to not share my real name online, so please refer to me as Kuritsa, Utochka, or Kuritsa y Utockha. Any of those will do.

I joined this forum in early March, but have not introduced myself yet because I only got my chickens Tuesday. I am not completely new to chickens. In the fall of 2021, I had 5 free range chicks that died one by one due to foxes in our area. The last one to die was 14 weeks old, so I have no experience with laying hens.

I have six Barred Rock laying hens. I have absolutely no idea how old they are, as the farm I purchased them at did not tell me their age.

I haven't had a lot of time to have a particular "favorite" aspect of backyard chicken keeping, although I do rather enjoy carrying them from their pen to the coop (the coop is in the garage and the pen is outside) and I also enjoy feeding them out of my hand. My family and I have been building a chicken enclosure in our backyard with hardware cloth, and it will be finished this weekend. In the meantime, our chickens are staying in an old pen from 2021. It's a bit small - and they don't like it a lot - but it will do for a few more days.

My chickens are my only pets. And, in case you're wondering, I found BYC through my loads of Google searches related to chickens! I think I might've bombarded the internet with all my questions...
😜


Hope you have a great day!
Kuritsa
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Welcome to BYC!!
 
Kiki said:
Welcome!
I'd like to see what you are building for your new chickens.
Have your hens laid any eggs since you've had them?
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I am building a 200 square foot enclosure for my six hens. The item we bought came with a roll of chicken wire, but I am using the chicken wire for the bottom and hardware cloth for the rest. After losing my chickens in 2021, I am now very overprotective. 🤣 I have not had time to finish the enclosure, but I will finish this weekend so they don't have to be cramped in a 16 square foot unprotected pen. The actual coop (with nesting boxes, perches, etc.) is in the garage because it's a bit flimsy.

I've counted seven eggs as of this morning. I think that's pretty good for a day and a half's work. :)

Does anyone know why my chickens are not laying in their nesting boxes? All the eggs I've found were either outside or in the living room of their coop, where the perches are.
 
Kuritsa y Utochka said:
I am building a 200 square foot enclosure for my six hens. The item we bought came with a roll of chicken wire, but I am using the chicken wire for the bottom and hardware cloth for the rest. After losing my chickens in 2021, I am now very overprotective. 🤣 I have not had time to finish the enclosure, but I will finish this weekend so they don't have to be cramped in a 16 square foot unprotected pen. The actual coop (with nesting boxes, perches, etc.) is in the garage because it's a bit flimsy.

I've counted seven eggs as of this morning. I think that's pretty good for a day and a half's work. :)

Does anyone know why my chickens are not laying in their nesting boxes? All the eggs I've found were either outside or in the living room of their coop, where the perches are.
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When you say "the bottom" do you mean the apron?
Do you have any fake eggs? If so put a few in the nesting boxes. This will entice them to lay where you want them to.
 

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