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    Is this a chicken egg?

    Yes that’s a chicken egg! If you crack it open you will find most likely just white, no yolk. I have had several of these from hens who have been laying for years. I think with extended summer daylight hours their egg cycle gets a bit ahead of itself but not enough to produce a fully formed egg...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have three hens all broody. They were all in the same henhouse (I have three henhouses) so while the other non-broody girls kept depositing eggs I figured when it was hatching time the wee ones would be safe. Yesterday morning I came out to find one of the broodies in the same nesting box...
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    My Barred Rock and RIR died suddenly, please help

    Hello all, my barred rock Henrietta died suddenly after 1-2 days of lethargy and after having just hatched 3 chicks a couple of weeks earlier. Eating drinking , pooping normally until then. no weight loss. Then my RIR Ginger, about 3.5 years old had a few months of not "being herself" isolating...
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    Sick chicken

    I have a chicken who looks just like that! its so sad because she is my oldest and dearest hen Ginger. she is about three years old. she hasnt been laying for about a year now and was hale and hearty that whole time so I wasnt too worried about that (tho she was previously a faithful egg a day...
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    Comment by 'coconutprincess' in article 'Guide to Letting Broody Hens Hatch and Raise Chicks'

    Hi my hen hatched 7 chicks all on her own...except under the neighbor's porch! they hatched 2 days ago 7 cute chicks and the mom is an Old English. My question is should I move the chicks and mom back to my coop and yard or what should I do? Help!
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    free range dilemma

    My girls free range all day, I let them out in the morning, I go to work and then shut the coop when I get home. They put themselves to bed at dusk. now this is a worry with it getting dark so early its dark for a good hour and a half by the time I get home. the other night I went to shut the...
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    How long before a broody hen will lay eggs again?

    Well my Cornish "Tilly" has gone broody AGAIN...grr! this first time lasted about a week, and she was back to laying after about a week or so. Then she was laying as usual for 2 months and she is broody again. this time we are going on 2 1/2 weeks! She has also moved to the bottom of the...
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    How long before a broody hen will lay eggs again?

    Well, I have got my answer as well...Tilly finally started laying about 10 days after coming off being broody (no eggs hatched as I mentioned) but her laying cycle seems to be a bit screwy. Two days in a row I got 2 soft-shelled eggs from her and then much later in the day a normal egg. and...
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    Do I need to treat mites in asymptomatic girls?

    cut and pasted reply: Hi there, well, I treated my girls by sprinkling them all over (backs, under wings and vent area) avoiding their heads with sevin dust first and then diatomaceous earth. They did a nice job distributing it themselves by ruffling and shaking their feathers after, so I...
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    Do I need to treat mites in asymptomatic girls?

    Hi, I just posted a reply as to how I was getting on with the mite thing...don't know if I did it right as I'm new to this, but if you go to the thread you will see my reply...or I will cut and paste it at the end of this so it will go directly to you. What caught my eye was your post saying...
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    Do I need to treat mites in asymptomatic girls?

    Hi there, well, I treated my girls by sprinkling them all over (backs, under wings and vent area) avoiding their heads with sevin dust first and then diatomaceous earth. They did a nice job distributing it themselves by ruffling and shaking their feathers after, so I believe it got down to the...
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    Comment by 'coconutprincess' in item 'Star'

    I have to agree...I have 3 Red Stars, Princess (who lives up to her name, should've called her Queenie), Coconut, and Brownie. They are fantastic, consistent layers of HUGE eggs!!! They have not taken a day off since they started laying. Who would have thought that such big eggs could come from...
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    Do I need to treat mites in asymptomatic girls?

    Thank you so much for your input and helpful info! I am going to get some Sevin dust this weekend and treat the girls and if they have any DE I think I will get some and sprinkle it in their dirt bath areas...it can't hurt
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    Do I need to treat mites in asymptomatic girls?

    Thank you for that advice! Now I am wondering if I should just go ahead and use the Sevin dust I have read about since they take dirt/dust baths frequently during the day and that obviously has not helped...or does diatomaceous earth have some special properties that regular dust/dirt does not?
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    Do I need to treat mites in asymptomatic girls?

    Hi, I was giving some treats to the girls tonight and after patting them on the back "full squat mode" i noticed some teeny and I mean TEENY white specks in the seam near the cuff of my black jacket. I thought they were dust or pine shavings but they didn't brush off so easily...upon further...
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