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    I think my rooster killed one of my hens :-(

    This afternoon I went out to the back yard and see my rooster 'mating' a lump of feathers in an odd fashion. It just looked wrong. I went to check it out and it was one of my young pullets. Her neck was broken, and she had a bloody wound on the back of her neck. Let me give you the facts then...
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    "chirp chirp chirp" said the egg!

    Apparently my broody abandoned the nest (3 eggs) to adopt a runt from another hatch. I found her this morning brooding over the tiny chick and her eggs were very cold. Having no idea when she got off the nest I left them alone with the intention of sending my husband out to collect and dispose...
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    Connecticut!

    Quote: YAY!!! I was just coming to post this here! I also started a thread in the where am I where are you section! Come On CT. I bet those babies are COLD!
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    Four chicks need a home in lower Fairfield County, CT

    they're still looking for someone to pick them up :-)
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    Four chicks need a home in lower Fairfield County, CT

    Just saw the following on my FB page: "Emergency FB adoption. USPS shipping error. We have 4 female assorted bantams in lower Fairfield County, CT that need a home. Please email [email protected] if you can pick them up today by 5:30"
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    Do you know why there are brown eggs? I do

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    Poor Hatch Rate Under Broody? Why?

    I'm sorry for your loss, and you're right about wanting to get some flock mates for her. Let me tell you what I did early this year... I wanted EE's BAD and my broody was sitting on golf balls so I went off to the feed store and bought a couple of the puffy cheeked cuties as day old chicks and...
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    Poor Hatch Rate Under Broody? Why?

    Thanks Clare. Lock down is an incubation term I've learned from meandering around on this site. It's the few days before hatching where you don't want to disturb the eggs (open the incubator, move or flip the eggs... etc etc...) A hen knows what to do with the eggs, and (I assume) positions the...
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    Poor Hatch Rate Under Broody? Why?

    My Austrolorp has set twice this summer... well, three times if you include her noble attempt to hatch golf balls and me sneaking babies under her during the early spring. The second hatch only 1 survived out of 4. I blamed myself for handling the eggs too much. I candled daily and didn't know...
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    Broody Again! Excerpts from my diary...

    September 14, 2011 All's quiet in the back 40... Things have settled in to the monotony of hurry up and wait. Eleven days remaining until our hatch day, and all we can do is prepare and try to keep the universe in balance for all of our sake. Major Studhubby was informed by the Pentagon of Yuba...
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    Before and....AFTER!!

    Quote: You're a good chicken Mom! She looks so much better in the second picture!
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    Before and....AFTER!!

    Una Before (just hatched) and Una After (8 weeks)
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    Egg Marked With Permanent Marker

    I wouldn't worry about the marker too much now, but I've always marked with crayon... non-toxic. Also, you can handle the eggs to candle them occasionally but only sparingly. Your broody really knows what's best for the egg, and nature should take it's course. My Bindy's first brood of the...
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    Broody Again! Excerpts from my diary...

    Quote: I just looked up bogan! Here in the North Valley they would call her... I can't say it, it's just too awful. ETA: I love that you're watching this from Australia! I know it's her heritage that gives Bindy her "personality."
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    Broody Again! Excerpts from my diary...

    Quote: Coming from the author of the Country Chronicles (and lady with the swimming chickens) I take that as a GIGANTIC complement.
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