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    Broody Hen Thread!

    our broody has stopped hatching, a kind of disappointing turn out, we only have 2 alive, we had 4 and she squished two. i feel terrible! our next batch if we have anymore will be moved to a safer location. I got a surprise when i went down to the coop earlier, she had both out and about. Of...
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    Red Ranger Chickens

    mine free range constantly, i feed layer and mixture in the mornings and sometimes they will gobble it down. I have noticed lately they are starting to look a lot fatter and im not sure if it is feathers or actual meat. Ive never had an issue yet.
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    Red Ranger Chickens

    oh! new babies! it makes me so excited! we had another new one today so far, she still has about 3 eggs under her, When i went down to the nest i noticed she had kicked an egg out and the egg was partially busted but the chick was dead. so we are two for two right now.
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    wow that is good to know, i didn't know that could happen.
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    This is her first time being a broody hen but she is excellent at it! i can hear chirping so we must have one trying to come out of its shell!! im so excited but worried. Why would one die after coming out? thank you all for the advice! Its hard trying not to check! I have one of those lovable...
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    Red Ranger Chickens

    ahh!! we went and checked a little bit ago and had one dead but we had one chirping trying to break out of its shell!! the red ranger is a very good broody mother, she pecked us and let us know we weren't welcome. I have my fingers crossed that this one will live! Congrats i hope there are more...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    I have a question, I have a red ranger sitting on eggs, when we went down to check on her this morning we found an egg that had started to hatch but didn't show signs of movement. Is the chick gone or does it still have a fighting chance? none of her other eggs show signs of hatching.
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    Red Ranger Chickens

    have yours hatched yet? we found one egg this morning that started to hatched but there was no movement in the egg. Does this mean that the chick did not survive? It looked like it was fully formed, we did put the egg back in under the hen just in case. I fear it is gone but i am new to this and...
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    Red Ranger Chickens

    Let me tell you! I love these birds! we have 7 red rangers and they are the best layers, even better then my rhode island red. I even have a hen as of two days ago start to go broody. I am so excited, its like i am the one having babies! lol we free range ours and they are not gaining weight too...
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    dusting

    thanks to all for the replies! i love watching them dust and am happy that they are happy chicks!
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    any ideals welcome!

    the birds will be 3 leghorns, 3 red production, and then 10 red rangers. I am planning on having them free range during the day and then bring them in the coop at night, i hope they will lay their eggs in there during the morning. Im a noob at all of this if you cant tell! i plan on building...
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    dusting

    thank you soo much, i was worried
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    dusting

    i have 16 chicks, my 10 oldest chicks are meat birds then i have 3 leghorns and 3 red productions. this morning i noticed 3 of my red rangers dusting like crazy. they have shavings for bedding, is there a chance that there are parasites in the bedding? should i switch to something else?
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    any ideals welcome!

    this is what we are going to make our coop out of, i was figuring out how i wanted it done and thought i would love for some suggestions. im debating on having the lot come out the front or side. it is an old rabbit cage that we are reusing for our 16 chickens!
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    Can you tell me what I have?

    Oh my gosh thank you so much for this info! I hope to be very happy with these birds.
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