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    Auction: 10+ Blue copper/Black Copper Pen Hatching Eggs - Great Bloodlines

    Have you already sold out of these eggs? I have a broody wanting to sit, and your birds look beautiful. Please let me know. Thanks, Christina Dora'smom
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    How to tell when a hen goes broody?

    I've got a lot of birds, and have only had two of them go broody. My birds are mostly hatchery stock, and that plays a part in it, as I understand that they breed broodiness out of their birds, in favor of more egg-laying tendency. My reliable broody is a cuckoo marans, and her way of letting...
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    New to Chickens - What should we consider?

    We started off with barred rocks, buff orpingtons, and rhode island reds, and they were all good choices, though the birds we had tended to pick on each other a lot. We added in some easter eggers after that, and really enjoyed their mild personalities, and the pretty eggs. Our easter eggers...
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    How do you know who laid what?

    It looks a lot like my BR's eggs. Our Welsummer layed light for her breed, but still in the terra cotta range, and our BA lays a little darker than that. All of our EE's were late to start, so I think the winner is. . . The Barred Rock! Ours started laying earlier than all the other breeds, too.
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    can any "production red" experts tell me if this is a little roo?

    I think he looks like a little roo. It's hard to tell when they're so young, but that comb development makes me think rooster. You will want to watch him for further comb and wattle development.
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    My GLW is laying GREEN EGGS!! ????

    That's a very pretty Easter Egger you have there. Congratulations on the green egg!
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    Updated 1-15-11 Very sick hen; not egg bound; diarrhea, droopy, standing upright

    Bragg's is a common brand of ACV with the "mother" in it. This is what you really want if you would like to have the full benefit. When you look at the bottle, it should be murkey, and have sediment. If you use this, you would want to shake it first, to suspend the particles of sediment...
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    Keeping Fingers Crossed! The Drought May Have Ended!

    My birds have just recovered from a prolonged moult, and started laying again last week. We had about an 8 to 10 week drought. I wormed them during the early part of that time, before they were moulting heavily, so it all worked out, but jeesh! I thought I was never going to see another egg...
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    Big mess

    While I understand that you don't want them eating food with poop on top, I think it is the natural instinct to scratch in the feeder and throw food around. I see this with hatchery chicks, as well as those I have hatched with a broody hen. If I present the broody with a bowl or feeder full of...
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    ! yr old hen "Squat walking"..please help! new to having my girls

    Could be a combination of things. She may be going into a moult, but not seeing her, it is difficult to tell. A moult is very draining on a bird's system, and if it follows a month of broodiness, where she may not have been eating and drinking enough, it could be very difficult to handle...
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    Holy egg! (pic)

    Beautiful huge egg! In my family we refer to those as "Eees" because I once watched one of our hens lay one, and she did it standing up, and squaked "Eeeeeeeeeeee" afterwards. I'm sure it smarted.
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    You can call me Farmer Stephanie

    I'm thinking of doing this, too. Your set-up looks great!
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    can a hen go broody without a rooster?

    Yes, they definitely can. A broody is a hen that wants to sit on eggs and hatch chicks. It is a hormonal thing, and can be difficult to break if you do not intend to give her eggs to sit on. If they have eggs to sit on, they sit, then mother the chicks until their bodies tell them it's time...
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    Free-ranging is overrated. :/

    My experience is different from most of what I see posted here. I live in the city, but on a quarter acre, very near the edge of a canyon that is not populated. I hear the coyotes at night, and see raccoons during the evening and hawks during the day. I occasionally find feather rings in the...
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    Welbar using a cuckoo maran?

    Those birds (especially the big, red roo) are beautiful! I had a hatch of mixed orpingtons (the lady I got the eggs from had only orpingtons---black, lavender, buff, etc.) on July 1. One of the chicks looks like a huge, fluffy robin, and another looks like it has yellow/red and blue barring on...
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