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    What do you do with all your eggs?!

    My wife and I like to go to a neighborhood gym twice a week to attend a water aerobics class that doesn't start till 6:30pm. The hens will put themselves up on the roost inside the henhouse, but we are not there to close the henhouse up (to protect them from predators). So my neighbor comes...
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    How Old is Your Oldest Chicken?

    Her name is Blueberry, and she's got it good alright -- my wife and I stop to feed her out of our hand every day when we tend to the chickens. We have a heat panel in her henhouse for the winter, heated waterers in every henhouse, we put a big industrial fan in there for the summer, lighting on...
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    My chicken is all alone!

    ChickNanny13, You wouldn't happen to be located somewhere within an hour of Memphis, TN are you? Cuz I could give you a hen or two to keep your little lady company if you are.
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    How Old is Your Oldest Chicken?

    I was just wondering how old your oldest chicken is? Am I the only one running an avian retirement villa? My oldest hen will be 9 YEARS OLD in late March, 2018! We threw her a birthday party for her 8th birthday, guess we will again for her 9th. But anyway, wondering if any of the rest of...
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    My chicken is all alone!

    I have successfully brought chickens into the house, housing them in a large dog crate. Put the chicken in a busy room so it will have company. Give it things to do. I've given a lone chicken corn on the cob, so it can pluck out the kernels, or a seed block, or maybe a special snack of dried...
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    Problems with Brinsea Maxi II Advanced Incubator

    My new Brinsea Maxi II Advanced Incubator just arrived Saturday. I plugged it up and ran it for 24 hours without eggs in it, to see how it would work. I have two Mini Advanced (7 egg) incubators, and have had alot of success with them. But everytime you need to add water, it means taking the...
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    Black maran pullet or roo?

    I have a bunch of black copper maran chicks between 2 weeks old and 4 months old, ages are staggered. It helps when you have both males and females of the same age so you can compare them. But this bird looks like my pullets, not my roo. I have a five week old couple, born about five weeks...
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    Somebody's breakfast plate is pretty empty, with all the eggs I've been hatching !
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    Baloney !
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    So I'm 8 years old today. Don't you call me an Old Lady !
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    My Little Hen is 8 Years Old Today: Happy Birthday, Blueberry!

    "Yeah, that's right! I'm 8 years old now -- so where do I sign up for Social Security ?"
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    Are we chicken soup ?
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    My Little Hen is 8 Years Old Today: Happy Birthday, Blueberry!

    My little Ameraucana hen - her name is Blueberry - is celebrating her 8th birthday today! We're having a party for her, and all of her flockmates are invited. We will be serving a large, fresh load of their favorite spring weeds (which they LOVE!), plus plenty of black oil sunflower...
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    Is proper balance REALLY so important?
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    I'm Daddy's Little Angel !
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