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  1. FarmerFrank

    letting a hen go broody

    My personal experience has been the opposite when I tried leaving them in. I have RIRs, may be a difference in breeds or I just have mean chickens!
  2. FarmerFrank

    letting a hen go broody

    Pretty much what everyone said about hormones. If your hen does go broody, have a plan to move her and the chicks once they hatch. Chicks will get stepped on or pecked by other non broody hens and the rooster.
  3. FarmerFrank

    Hatched Egg, No Chick

    Wow, this just happened to me too, last night. Figured it was dark and I just could not see it. Picked up our two broody hens this morning and no chick to be found.
  4. FarmerFrank

    Moving Broody Hen and Eggs

    I am in the same situation and was going to ask this question as well. Mine has only been sitting on fertilized eggs since Saturday and about a week and a half sitting on non fertilized. Our nesting box is movable and am currently building her a separate pen and brooding box. Hopefully...
  5. FarmerFrank

    Hens or Roos

    Sorry, misread your original post when I started naming breeds. Polish roosters in my experience have longer and curved tail feathers.
  6. FarmerFrank

    Hens or Roos

    White one maybe silkie.
  7. FarmerFrank

    Hens or Roos

    Black ones with the poof on their heads look to be Polish.
  8. FarmerFrank

    New to chicks

    Welcome!
  9. FarmerFrank

    Two hens snuggling in same nest box?

    We have seven nesting boxes and I came out to this the other day, only one other box was being used.
  10. FarmerFrank

    Broody Hen, Shipped Eggs, Biosecurity Concerns

    Long story short, one of my newer hens probably 8 months old has become broody. We don't have any roosters so our eggs are not fertile. I was considering ordering some fertile eggs and setting up a brooding box and run outside next to our existing coop and run. My question is, if she...
  11. FarmerFrank

    Tennessee

    Awesome, small world.
  12. FarmerFrank

    Tennessee

    DMRippy, I am in Goodlettsville, about 10 minutes off of I65.
  13. FarmerFrank

    Tennessee

    Great, i'll definitely check out the Middle TN group!
  14. FarmerFrank

    New Member from TN

    Thanks so much for the info Michael, it seems I have some more research to do with the new info you provided.
  15. FarmerFrank

    Tennessee

    New to chickens and located just North of Nashville.
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