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    Mama Hen taking chicks into coop with the big girls...is it safe?

    IT WORKED! She is protecting them with the main flock and the little ones and Mama are happy happy happy!
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    Mama Hen taking chicks into coop with the big girls...is it safe?

    So right now the broody is in her 'broody' area in our garage...what do you suggest...when they are couple days old, take them over to the chicken fenced area?
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    Plan to free range Guinea, but not Chickens...how do I keep the Chickens inside?

    In order for the Guinea to 'stay home' meaning come back at night, I'd hold them in their new coop for at least to months before letting them free range...but that is going to be hard to do since they are adults.
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    Mama Hen taking chicks into coop with the big girls...is it safe?

    I have the same type of question though at a different stage of the chicks life. Once the eggs hatch under the broody...do I really need to keep them and the mama separate from the rest of the flock for weeks? I thought one of the reasons a mama hen was better than an incubator was because she...
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    Our FIRST Broody and potential Chicks

    We have her all set up in her own area and so far so good. We candled the eggs for the first time tonight and only one hadn't 'taken' the rest looked to be developing normally. I'd like to not have her in that area after the chicks are born...how are they best integrated? Do we move her the...
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    pross/cons of chickens?

    I would highly recommend good quality food! I keep seeing 50lb for $8...what is in that stuff to be so cheap? We buy Non-Soy, Non-GMO, Non-Medicated Feed for I think $24 for a 50lb bag. BUT I get $5 a dozen for those eggs because they are a good quality. 50% increase in vitamin content over...
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    pross/cons of chickens?

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    pross/cons of chickens?

    I am in North TX too, which Lowe's that is Awesome to find HC 75% off! We live just east of Dallas and I would recommend getting them. Depending on your lot size...6-12 is good and Orpington's are sweet, sweet! we built a coop and used HC for the windows...on the few nights a year it gets below...
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    Our FIRST Broody and potential Chicks

    I have the food, water, and maybe a 3x3 area for her to move around in, but I forgot dust bathing!. A small project for tomorrow :-) Thanks
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    Our FIRST Broody and potential Chicks

    We have our first Hen that has gone broody and she is sitting on fake eggs right now until the fertilized ones arrive from our friend on Saturday. Nature is fascinating as she sits there almost trance like with those eggs. I know its natural but I am a little worried about her. I have heard...
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    Plan to free range Guinea, but not Chickens...how do I keep the Chickens inside?

    We ended up building a little coop just for the guinea. Works great! It's the little add on not painted yet :-)
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    Plan to free range Guinea, but not Chickens...how do I keep the Chickens inside?

    http://www.guineafowlinternational.org/
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    Laying eggs on the coop floor

    We got some in the laying box!! It larger eggs, so its the hens who started to lay first...the tiny new eggs are still on the floor. So patience is the key, and I think now that the first layers are laying in the box I am really hopeful the others will follow. I love having Chickens!
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    Laying eggs on the coop floor

    We went out last night and kicked them all out of the laying boxes...but still found an egg on the floor this morning. Patience as you say is probably the key to this dilemma.
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    Laying eggs on the coop floor

    We are having this problem as well. Our hens have been laying for a couple weeks now, and not one egg in the laying boxes...all have been on the floor of the coop, and even a couple in the run. We changed their laying box form 3 smaller boxes to 2 larger ones about 13x13 or so and have had...
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