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    integrating one pullet into a flock of two in an Eglu

    Here are two close-ups of the bucket the way it is now. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the bucket and then threaded the rope through a fender washer, the bucket, another fender washer, and tied a knot in the rope. Then I attached the other end of the rope to an S-hook using a hang-man's...
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    integrating one pullet into a flock of two in an Eglu

    Here is a picture that shows the lean to (a board I drilled 3 holes in and used zip-ties to attach to the side), one of the extra feeders, the perch, and the bucket before I figured out how to make it so I could lift it up and out of the way from the outside when I move the coop.
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    integrating one pullet into a flock of two in an Eglu

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    integrating one pullet into a flock of two in an Eglu

    I don't think that's true. I think if you have two of one breed that are grownups and introduce a pullet that's a different breed, the grownups will be less accepting than they would be of a pullet that's the same breed. They all get along fine now and I like them all but the baby is my...
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    integrating one pullet into a flock of two in an Eglu

    I can post pictures, sure. But do you mean pictures of my setup or pictures that show the differences between my hens?
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    integrating one pullet into a flock of two in an Eglu

    I don't think you saw the update I posted today, maybe I did it wrong because it's hard for me to find it in this thread. But you hit the nail on the head. Here's my update from today: "I have a followup to this integration story. I thought the baby was a mutant because it seemed like she...
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    Started laying and then stopped?

    This is a follow up to my post about my baby that laid for a few weeks and stopped. She hadn't laid an egg for five months but when I switched from crushed oyster shells to flaked and gave them some grit, she started laying again, a beautiful egg every day. I had given up on that ever happening.
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    Oyster shell

    I have an oyster shell story. I have three hens. One was laying a good egg every day. One laid for a few weeks and then stopped laying five months ago. The other hen laid infrequently and the shells were soft. A lot of times they were broken and if they weren't broken, the shells were so...
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    integrating one pullet into a flock of two in an Eglu

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    Started laying and then stopped?

    I have a freaky stop-laying situation going on. I have three Rhode Island reds. Two are about 22 months old and the other is about nine months old. The baby laid here and there for a few weeks starting in August and hasn't laid since mid-September. She is larger than the older hens and her...
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    integrating one pullet into a flock of two in an Eglu

    Hi. My integration story was ultimately successful but I think it took longer than it needed to and I wish I'd known what I know now when I started, so I'm posting in case it helps somebody else. I didn't see any posts about my particular circumstances -- one baby, two adults, in an Eglu. I...
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