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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    jvls, you saved me from asking :lau Looks like my chickens are now taking a winter break, big time. Oh well, Every egg me and cooper didn't eat I gave away anyways. They seem to be healthy, happy, eating, drinking and pooping
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    bigzio, Why don't you use a water heater? It makes life much easier! I use this right now but before this I used a cookie pan heater with a light bulb inside. I have a 5 gallon galvanized waterer sitting on it. And I have another one when it gets low. I switch them out
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    I kept track of how many eggs I got last winter, starting in Feb, and got an average of 54 a week through May, SO? soon? :pop
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Nope, my chickens were born in the spring of twenty four and this fall.They quit laying a couple months ago.I get one or two eggs a day now.The other day I got three, so maybe things are changing. I have been threatening them to replace them with new chickens😁
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    That's funny. I've gotten ready for winter a few times myself and tomorrow I'm going to do it again. Yesterday I put the plastic on the chicken run. So that's done I think. Plugged my water heater so that's ready for the winter. Tomorrow I'm going to pressure Wash the John Deere mower and put...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    :lau :thumbsup I've always felt the same about basketball, give them 100 points and let them play for 3 minutes. I did start giving them black sunflower seeds so I'll see how long before I start seeing more than a few eggs from my 11 hens.
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    I wonder how long the molt will keep my chickens from being good laying hens? :jumpy
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    Farm Innovators Electric Water Heater Base $45 This is what i've been using Farm and fleet sells this. Prior to this, I made my own with a cookie tin and a forty watt light bulb.I had to use a sixty watt when it got down to 0 though
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    For all of you that we're gonna buy meat chickens this spring. How many did you get? And how did it go? I think I might try it next spring
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    Broody hen help?!

    Well, after 2 days in the crate, I took her back out. And let her mingle with the flock, and she still sat on the nest for a day or 2, but then she quit and since then, I've gotten maybe 1 extra egg a day. But now they're molting, and I'm getting less, so I'd say this was probably successful...
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    Broody hen help?!

    I've been eating those eggs for several weeks now.I didn't find any bad
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    Broody hen help?!

    I've had a broody hen for a while now. So I'm using aarts idea right now. This is her 2nd day in the crate with his food and water set up. I'll let you know how it ends up.
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    Review by 'EagleEyes' in article 'Broody Breaking ala aart'

    Good idea and I will be trying this today when my waterers arrive. I'll let you know how this works out
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    All of a sudden I have a broody hen! Morning, noon and night I take her out of a nesting box and take her outside and she seems fine, just like the rest of the hens. She doesn't object to me taking her out so guess I'll have to wait to see how long this lasts. Been going on for several days now
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