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    How many Eggs did you Sell today?

    Sometimes we sell 6 or 7 dozen a day and then there are days without selling any. We live in the heart of amish country, so it is a little harder to sell because my neighbors also sell. I have a sign that my daughter and I painted out by the road. At first we coverved it with a pillow case when...
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    Sold a fertizlied egg...

    I'm glad to learn about the washing of eggs. We do not have any roos (my girls don't want any after a bad experience with a white leghorn roo) so my customers are happy that there is no chance of fertilized eggs. I did inform them that there could be blood spots occasionally but this does not...
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    Extremely Broody Hen Losing weight

    The only wire cage I have is a dog kennel and I know that wont work lol! I have to go to the feed store, I will see if they have something and if not, I will stop at Tractor Supply. I will try and get her set up tonight and start this breaking process so her feathers will start to come back and...
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    Extremely Broody Hen Losing weight

    Thank you! My next question is then, what kind of cage? I can easily suspend it. I will try hand feeding her, her breast looks just awful from no feathers from laying all of the time and she is nowhere near as heavy as her other two sisters. She gets real low when you go to pick her up and makes...
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    10 week old Bantams - what kind are they?

    Your other black one looks like a black austrolorp that we have, but I am not definite
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    Extremely Broody Hen Losing weight

    I am new to this forum, and I am excited to get to know everyone! We have 34 chickens, mixed kinds, however one of our Barred Rock hens has become compulsively broody! We do not have any roosters, she sits on everyone elses eggs. She has lost all the feathers on her breast, has lost weight. I...
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