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    Help me choose a LGD please!

    Straw Hat, I live on a small rural property and free range my chickens. I lose one about every year to a fox. Always in the daytime. In the days following the loss, my husband hides with a rifle. The fox always comes back. The world is short one fox. The other foxes apparently think about this...
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    How long should I let a chicken sit on her eggs?

    I didn't really need any more chicks but this hen was impossible to break on the broodiness. So, I let her set a few eggs and the others decided to use her to hatch their eggs too! Sneaky biddies. I should have kept a closer eye on them but they are in pasture all day and just go back in to...
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    How long should I let a chicken sit on her eggs?

    My birds are free range on pasture and the only go to the roost to lay or at night. I find this makes chickens much "smarter". If there is such a thing.
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    How long should I let a chicken sit on her eggs?

    I will candle tonight and see what is what in there. Regardless, I will probably give her through the weekend because she has been so devoted to her cause. I would hate to see her have a complete bust. Will a hen finally give up if no eggs hatch?
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    How long should I let a chicken sit on her eggs?

    Hello! I have never asked a question before here on this forum but I have always gotten good information from other posts. I have a problem. A good hen went broody with 4 initial eggs on July 10. She is very skittish so I did not disturb her. One week later, when she went out drinking, I...
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