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    So, what is this?

    See! I had no idea there was such a thing! Thanks!
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    Very sad and mad at my stupid chickens!

    Yep, they fit right through. I was worried about the cage being too small too. It was fine for Momma when sitting on eggs, but now she wants to show off and EAT lots of food. I think the showing off was a bad idea on her part. The other chickens just thought it was a new fun moving piece of food...
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    So, what is this?

    I have the rest figured out, but I don't know on this one. She lays brown eggs. Any ideas?
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    Very sad and mad at my stupid chickens!

    I was so excited, these were my first chicks hatched by one of my own. She sat on 4 eggs for 20 days and 3 hatched on July 5. The black one was my favorite, very hyper right from the beginning. Then, on Wed I went out and the bright yellow one was smashed (they are in the same coop as the rest...
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    Feather picking?

    I think I have a major case of picking. The picture attached is my rooster, but about half the hens look pecked too. I have tried the tar stuff the coop sells, but by the next morning, that is all gone, and the picking continues. Any ideas?
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    Broody hens hatching 6/22, 6/26, 7/3, 7/6, 7/11 Any one due w/ us

    If I didn't do anything to screw it up: I think my four eggs will hatch on 7/6 (21 days, right?). One of my Black Stars has sat on them consistantly except for a few hours the day after I moved her nest to a more secluded area. But, following another post, I will have to agree that you almost...
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    First Broody Hen-questions

    Okay. I think this weekend will be spent re-arranging the coop to add a broody area! Thank you all for your input. I am really grateful for all the good advice! Oh, does anyone know if I should add extra nutrient to her water, or will she be fine without it? Thanks again!
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    First Broody Hen-questions

    Quote: I didn't think about her leaving the ones that haven't hatched yet to tend the ones that have. I have a feeling that it is going to be a loooonngg day for me when/if the eggs start hatching (I'm trying not to get my hopes up to high for my first try!) Do you pen the momma up to keep...
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    First Broody Hen-questions

    Thanks! I am going to try to leave her in there then. The others seem to be leaving her alone and I have plenty of other boxes for them to lay in. I will just make her get up about twice a day to eat and drink. I have never seen the YouTube videos of the baby chick tossing, and it kind of...
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    First Broody Hen-questions

    I have my first Broody Hen (a Black Star). She is sitting in a regular nest box in the middle of the group of boxes. There are nine boxes, so the one she is in is about 3 feet off of the floor. She has 5 eggs under her. Everything I've read says that I need to move her out of the regular...
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    Anyone from NW Arkansas?

    Just wanted to add that I am from NW Arkansas, outside of Fayetteville.
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    Those sneaky chickens!!

    I can just picture you with your legs sticking out!! That's great! I guess I'm going to have to put some of the DH's golf balls out in the boxes to see if that will help!
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    Those sneaky chickens!!

    So, I just started getting eggs at the beginning of the month, but I hadn't found any in about a week and was starting to wonder... Last night I started really hunting around the coop, and low and behold, in a corner that I didn't think a chicken could even fit in, 9 eggs!! Sneaky little...
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    Can someone shed some light on all these abreviations please

    This has been a very helpful topic!! I was figuring most of it out, but still had some I wasn't sure about!
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    It's sad....today would be day 21.

    I'm sorry. We didn't lose any chickens here, but I didn't have any little ones trying to hatch right now. I do feel your pain though. We haven't had electricity since Tuesday 1/27 @ 9:00am and it is still not on (yes, I am taking advantage of the electricity at work, ). Same ice storm that...
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