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Thank you for all your input. We did have a heat wave. I have thought about them laying elsewhere. I will keep a keen eye. Thanks for your ideas!!

Thank you so much! I did let them out today. Ironically, there was an egg in the broody buster! YAY!

I have a flock of about 23 Black Australorps. They are about I year old. Today my egg count was a womping 10 eggs. My egg count has seemed to decline recently. Usually I get about 14 or 15 eggs. The days are beautiful and long. Many of them have been broody which I asked advice for in another...

I have two Black Australorps who went broody about 2 weeks ago. I put them in a wire cage broody breaker. They don't seem broody anymore but I've also been waiting for them to start laying again before I return them to their sisters. They have been in the broody breaker for about 2 weeks now...

I got them from the local feed and tack store. I may look into a different supplier hatchery in the future. Been getting a lot of roos from this same supplier. Thanks for your input.

I have a flock of 22 Black Autralorp birds. They are about 9 months old. One is a known roo. I have had a large number of them go broody. so far 7 of them at once. I don't have that many broody breaker isolation cages. There goes my egg production. I also discovered a late bloomer who turned out...

Criteria: they have been found in the nest boxes after dark. When removed, their feathers were puffed up and they were very vocal. Typical broody behavior.

I have a flock of 22 Black Autralorp birds. They are about 9 months old. One is a known roo. I have had a large number of them go broody. so far 7 of them at once. I don't have that many broody breaker isolation cages. There goes my egg production. I also discovered a late bloomer who turned out...

I really would love some feedback!! I have enclosed some pictures. These are of her pooh and the stuff stuck to her feathers. This stuff started out REALLY smelly, but that has stopped. Her pooh has been yellowish with dark green stuff in it. She has been sick for about 3 weeks. She is about 1...

What is the mother in ACV. I will look into fermented feed. I had never heard of it. I have only been chicken keeping for about 2 years. This is the first problem of its kind I have had. Always learning!! Thank You for your help. Any other input is helpful!!

I gave Epsom salt because a link about vent gleet suggested it. Thank you very much for taking the time to respond!! Any other input is appreciated. http://www.ultimatefowl.com/wiki/index.php?title=Vent_Gleet

A few days ago I noticed my RIR hen. She is all fluffed in the feathers. Some poop was tuck to her bum. It was yellowish and VERY smelly. I found her standing in one of the nest boxes sleeping in the middle of the afternoon. Her vent was ok. It looked normal, not blocked or anything. I...

Set chicken eggs 22 days ago. As of now, no sign of any activity. Should I let them go longer?? There is no pipping, no pecking, no movement. How do I check them without disturbing them?

I have a one-year-old Speckled Sussex. She went broody about 3 weeks ago. A few days ago, I noticed she is still sitting but when I open the nest box, her head is tilted all the way back as if to look straight up to the sky and she is moving erratically. I tried to move her off the nest box...