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    Greetings from Alberta

    Drumstick Diva I have four children to help out! I homeschool so they are always available! Well, maybe not as often as I would like, but they do help out quite a bit.
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    Greetings from Alberta

    Hello everyone. I have been looking things up on BYC for quite awhile, love this site and all the wisdom here. You have all helped me out more times than you know! I finally decided to join when I had discovered a "lost" hen that had gone broody and was nearing the end of her confinement! I...
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    Found broody hen, now what???

    Good news! I decided to just leave her where she was and keep a close eye on her. The in-laws arrived from the States (we live in Canada) for a visit on Sunday, and as we were walking around our little hobby farm I saw she was out with her chicks! I knew they had started to hatch on Friday, I...
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    Found broody hen, now what???

    Thanks for the welcome Sumi! I still have to post my intro, but I will get to that eventually! I thought it might be better to leave her, just worried about the skunks and foxes that regularly go through our yard. Econerd I will have to see what I have that could work. The weeds are pretty...
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    Found broody hen, now what???

    So I had a hen go missing nearly 3 weeks ago. Yesterday I saw her running across the yard so I followed her and sure enough, she has a clutch of 8 eggs! Sneaky girl! The problem is that she is just under a clump of weeds and we have several predators around here. Most of our chickens are...
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