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    Your Chicken Pictures Needed For The BYC 2012 Calendar

    My wannabe calendar girls: Buffy: and Funny Foot:
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    I've filled out that form every year for 3 years and have never had anybody come to my house. They eventually send back a registration paper and once in a blue moon I might get some kind of correspondence from them regarding something they think I should know about like some sort of reported...
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    Waterer spilling

    In order to hang our plastic waterer we poked a hole in the top and stuck a metal loop in. The loop attaches to a hook that hangs down from a rope. We've been using the waterer like this for 3 years without any problem. Here's the best picture I have at my disposal.
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    Here is a link to info regarding Maryland Domestic Poultry Premises Registration.
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    Will a broody hen 'adopt' day old chicks?

    I gave my broody fertilized eggs but since she refused to stay in the isolated broody house my husband made for her she sat on the eggs in her original nest where her flockmates clearly got in the way. Her eggs did not hatch under the less than optimal conditions. Last Thursday we moved on to...
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    MARYLANDER HERE---PORT DEPOSIT, MD

    For the record, I have 3 RIR's and 4 black sex-links. One of the sex-links is a very dedicated broody who will hopefully hatch 7 assorted eggs on Monday - very exciting! We also have 3 border collies, a kitty and a not-so-secret admirer (luckily he hasn't been seen since this picture was taken...
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    MARYLANDER HERE---PORT DEPOSIT, MD

    Greetings from Frederick County!
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    Eggs for Broody

    Ok, I'll give them to her tomorrow. Thanks!
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    Eggs for Broody

    I just received the fertilized eggs I ordered in the mail. Do I have to do anything to them or with them or is it ok for me to slip them under my broody hen right now?
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    Mysterious missing chicken - owl?

    Wow, that's great news!
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    Mysterious missing chicken - owl?

    A couple of months ago after I noticed several of my free ranging chickens acting kind of weird and then realizing that several others were unaccounted for I went searching our property in hopes of finding them in a field I prefer they don't visit. On my way I noticed a big brown bird, which...
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    Do your chickens come in the house?

    I think it's funny when any of my chickens decides to poke a head in our front door. They always look around curiously and then seem kind of annoyed when they realize, "hey they've got television in here!"
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    Broody two year old?

    That's what I wanted to know. A couple of years ago when I was down to one poor chicken I got 12 little babies. When they got big enough to go outside I introduced them to the old lady who, it was clear, just wanted to kill them. I guess I then kept them separated until the young'uns got too...
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    Broody two year old?

    I'm going to pay more attention to how many chickens are out in the run during the day to make sure she really is eating and drinking. I know nothing about hatching eggs. If we had her sit on fertile eggs would that eliminate the normal problems associated with introducing new chicks to the...
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    Broody two year old?

    Yup, that's what she does, she makes grouchy noises and pecks my hand when I try to get the eggs from under her (my husband ends up having to get them for me). I see her out and about occasionally but lately I'm usually missing one chicken so now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure she...
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