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    Hen just sits in the nesting box

    I finally had to remove all the nesting boxes for about a week. I also had decoy eggs, so took them out too. As long as I make sure to get eggs every day she's ok. But if I wait she's back broody again. I'm going out of town for a few days I know she's gonna be broody when get back🐔😩
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    Hen just sits in the nesting box

    She is a Buff Orpington I wonder if it's a breed issue🤔
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    Hen just sits in the nesting box

    Do broody hens stop laying?
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    Hen just sits in the nesting box

    I've been taking them now she's not laying at all now. She's only sitting on the fake eggs should I get them out?
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    Hen just sits in the nesting box

    I have a hen that as been sitting in the nesting box for about 2 weeks. I can finically make her leave but she's back with in an hour. When I push her out she puffs up her feathers and the eventually gets food and water. Today I moved her nesting box out of the corner and she just went to the...
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    Treating frost bite

    I live in the Houston area so snow is not typically an issue. We had several inches last night. Any advice on how to treat possible frost bite?
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    Mosquitoes

    They also have little mosquitoe bites on their waddles and probably other places too. Any advice on treating those would be appreciated.
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    Mosquitoes

    I just read about those and ordered some from Amazon today.
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    Mosquitoes

    I live in So Texas and we just had a hurricane which left tons of mosquitoes. I have Eradicators hanging in the yard. I put cedarcide around my porch and the house, not near my chickens, I believe it's toxic for them. Keeping them inside is not an option, but also these mosquitoes are tiny get...
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    Hamster ball for Chickens

    I don't have a fence. Honestly never needed one till they moved in. I have 3 acres used tove in the country now not so much. I've called called animal control but they don't come out. And know they are damaging property too. This is the only time I've ever wanted an HOA. I'm just looking for a...
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    Hamster ball for Chickens

    I'm sorry, I'm new to this. I didn't get them. My neighbors dogs are out all the time and they come to my yard and chase my chickens regularly, one lost all his tail feathers from it. I have spoken with them to no avail. I just want to let them out in my yard and am looking for options.
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    Hamster ball for Chickens

    Has anyone ever tried these?
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    Hamster ball for Chickens

    Has anyone ever tried these?
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    Nitrophos

    Is nitrophos safe to use in your yard if you have chickens?
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    My hen has not layed an egg in 2 months

    I have raccoons but they can't get in where my chickens are. I feed them a variety of stuff Scratch and peck layers feed, feed store layers feed, meal worms, oysters shell, corn, plus the plethora of insects here in so Texas. The weather's been sunny and moderate. We had cold snap in February...
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    My hen has not layed an egg in 2 months

    She is not yet a year old. She started laying eggs regularly last November. Her "sister" died mysteriously 2 months ago and she has laid 1 egg since then. Any ideas of what's going on?
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    Hen thats not laying

    I'm still new to raising chickens. I'm told they are a mix. Mostly I just want to be sure it's normal behavior and that she's not sick. She acts fine.
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    Hen thats not laying

    I have a hen who started laying eggs last November, she was 5 mo old. She always lays on the same place. She hasn't laid an egg in 7 days. Is that normal?
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    Introducing new hens to my flock

    The dominant one doesn't go up in the trees he actually never gets far from the pen because the hens are in it. The non dominant rooster wanders farther away.
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    Introducing new hens to my flock

    I've had them their whole lives. That's good to know I don't want them to go up on the trees.
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