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    26 chickens, 2 quail...and a cat in crepe myrtle tree!

    26 chickens, 2 quail...and a cat in crepe myrtle tree!
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    what breeds of chickens often go broody???

    The broodiest hens I have are my two black australorpes. They go broody every year at the same time (summer). I've used them to hatch bantam eggs twice. They are also good mamas. I want to hatch some quail eggs, so I'm hoping one of my bantam hens will go broody. My female quail isn't interested...
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    Mystery in the Coop

    I will take a look this again this afternoon. I didn't see anything when I checked a few days ago. I'm in South Carolina, so it's hot here right now and the flies are bad. I did put out some diatomaceous earth to quell the fly problem. Thank you!
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    Mystery in the Coop

    I've had chickens for about 4 years now. Of course all my hens want to lay in the same nest. A few days ago, I noticed a foul odor when I opened the nest box. It smelled like death. When I removed the eggs there were maggots (nasty) under the bedding and it was moist. Maggot are disgusting, but...
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