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I had the same thing, gave up and put some eggs under her, one hatched she is happy and raising her. I found that I can put momma and peep back with the flock after 3 or 4 weeks. The peeps are too young to be a bother with the pecking order and momma protects them.
 
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10 out of 13 is not a bad pic of the flock:

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My freeloaders who are 27 weeks and no eggs!!
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I have a bunch of freeloaders!!! I have 28 chickens. 1 is a roo, 5 are not old enough to lay. We are getting 6 eggs a day at this point. So 16 of them are just hanging out and eating everything. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks they all realize they are suppose to lay eggs!!! Haha
 
After I put my younger chickens in their outside playpen today, I went inside to get ready for work. I came outside a bit later and found the older chickens had hopped the fence and were in with the younger chicks. Also, a turkey hen had managed to sneak in there as well. :confused:

So I guess they're all getting integrated. I will try to put the younger ones in the large enclosure with the other birds tonight. I will make sure they have a safe place to run and hide if they get chased by the turkeys or pullets. But at least I can hopefully train them to go to bed by themselves instead of chasing them down at dusk every night. Fingers crossed! :fl
 
Sand or woodchips/sawdust for the coop for winter? Also what about putting dried leaves in the coop also. I'm thinking they would start to stink, but read people put them in there. Also my husband is totally against the deep litter method, so the coop would probably be cleaned out once a week. He's concerned that they will get to cold with the sand and that wood chis and saw dust hold heat.
 
hippiechickX4 said:
I have a bunch of freeloaders!!! I have 28 chickens. 1 is a roo, 5 are not old enough to lay. We are getting 6 eggs a day at this point. So 16 of them are just hanging out and eating everything. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks they all realize they are suppose to lay eggs!!! Haha
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Lol, yeah the freeloaders are driving me crazy here. I have 42 chickens, at least 7 are roos and I'm getting 2-4 eggs a day right now. Granted, about half the flock is too young still to lay but still!
 
hippiechickX4 said:
Sand or woodchips/sawdust for the coop for winter? Also what about putting dried leaves in the coop also. I'm thinking they would start to stink, but read people put them in there. Also my husband is totally against the deep litter method, so the coop would probably be cleaned out once a week. He's concerned that they will get to cold with the sand and that wood chis and saw dust hold heat.
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The point of deep litter is to keep the flock warm. Holding heat is good. Dust is dust. It causes respiratory issues for humans and fowl.
I am not understanding how he is against the sand because it's too cold, but against the wood because it holds heat.
Sand is fine year round BTW.
As for the leaves, if you are cleaning the coop weekly (though you may have meant monthly) no smell can develop from the leaves decaying.
 
hippiechickX4 said:
Sand or woodchips/sawdust for the coop for winter? Also what about putting dried leaves in the coop also. I'm thinking they would start to stink, but read people put them in there. Also my husband is totally against the deep litter method, so the coop would probably be cleaned out once a week. He's concerned that they will get to cold with the sand and that wood chis and saw dust hold heat.
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I would worry about bugs with leaves inside the henhouse although I love 'em in the run. If you think that each large fowl hen generates maybe 10 watts of heat, I think the number of hens and the size of the henhouse makes the biggest difference in how warm they will be.
 
Do any of you house your ducks with the chickens? I'm moving the muscovies to the coop this weekend. Their wing feathers need to grow in still but they're plenty big enough and from what I've read, they like to roost. Thoughts?
 
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