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    Can’t break broody hen

    Thanks! She is my top hen so I worry about taking her out of the flock completely but it’s cold here so I don’t know if the broody cage is ok 🤷🏻‍♀️ drive in the car it is!! I even gave her chicks this spring…. She did not actually protect them from the other chickens though so she had to be...
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    Can’t break broody hen

    Haha! I’m going to do this because she is broody right now AGAIN!!
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    Can’t break broody hen

    Ugh lol. She didn’t do well with the flock as a mom. She didn’t protect the babies. I also just can’t do eggs. Guess she stays in jail for another few days 😩
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    Can’t break broody hen

    I am semi new to chickens. We have a silkie (won’t get these lovely littles again bc of this) who is ALWAYS broody! She’s been in broody jail for 4 days and no sign of stopping. I need her out bc she is the top hen and now my bottom hen is getting bullied by the others. I think they’re all crazy...
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    Is this safe to eat?

    Not really. But the white was quite runny in this one. It was one of her first eggs.
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    Is this safe to eat?

    Thanks. I thought of that (though I didn’t know the name) but it was not connected. She is a newly laying pullet, could that be why?
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    Is this safe to eat?

    It was a normal egg.
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    Is this safe to eat?

    This was inside one of my young pullets eggs. I don’t know what it is. It was all coiled up it does not appear to be moving. It was also not attached to the white of the egg. Is it possible? This is just part of the membrane?
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    Is this pecking or molting?

    Awe, poor lady. My princess seems fine but is more skittish at the moment. She’s never been one I could handle easily. She likes being around me but doesn’t like me picking her up. She’s kind of my loner. Love her to bits though. She actually crows 🤣 but is def a hen.
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    Is this pecking or molting?

    I’m not sure what this means?
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    Is this pecking or molting?

    Doesn’t seem so. She’s never gone broody before. She’s about 4.
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    Is this pecking or molting?

    Yes! That’s what it looks like 😱 like a down pillow exploded everywhere!
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    Is this pecking or molting?

    Ok. I feel more sure she’s molting now. I just picked her up and she flapped away leaving an explosion of feathers. I barely touched her and they came off. She also squeaked when I caught her (I’ve heard molting can be uncomfortable?)
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    Is this pecking or molting?

    Coop is ~4.5x10 and the run is ~10x12. We are in the process of adding an extension to the run making it an additional 10x15 ish. So when done it’ll be something like 20x15. We have 3 bantam hens and 6 pullets (~3 mo old). I’m fairly sure none of the pullets are cockerels and the bantams are for...
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    Is this pecking or molting?

    I added a picture. Forgot in my OP
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