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Back story: I allow my flock (26+roo) to free range around the house and in the adjacent wooded areas during the day and they put themselves up at night and I lock them in after a headcount. One night last week, I was one hen short. I searched the property and found no sign of her dead or alive...

If you are or would like to become a chicken owner and live in Hattiesburg, MS, let's talk. Let's talk about the City Ordinance that does not state whether or not chickens are legal in the city...

I set 6 'fertile' eggs under my broody and around hatch date I only had 5 eggs. 3 hatched healthy chicks, one died partially hatched and one never hatched - dead in the shell. So what happened to #6?? No sign of a shell or dead chick, nothing. Did she eat it?

My girls kick a lot of it out over time and when I replace it they tend to gravitate towards the older nests rather than the fresh ones.

I have 5 good banty eggs in a homemade bator(12 days today). I have a broody hatching 6 today&tomorrow. After my broody hatches all her current clutch, would it work out to take the chicks away and place the banty eggs under her for the remaining 9 days or will she leave the nest once the chicks...

Mine seem like they would eat until they pop. Especially treats like cracked corn, bread bits and rolled oats.

If so, starting when and how often? Will a broody hen do this herself?

I have 2 BOs but one died last night. After researching the web, I found that the symptoms matched that of an Egg-bound hen. The only thing is that all of them were laying fine, as well as eating, drinking, walking, etc. I noticed the fluffing of the feathers yesterday and one BO got it the nest...