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    Three broody hens sharing eggs

    I have three hens who all went broody two days ago. They are all sharing one nest and 11 eggs. Is this normal behavior that I should let happen? I know if two separately broody hens and their babies get put together, the moms can get aggressive toward the other chicks. But if they brood and...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    This picture doesn't show all her pretty iridescent feathers very well (she's the black one). She's got a bunch of blue-ish green feathers that shine in the sun. She has feathers on her legs so I assumed a mix of some type of Marans and an Australorp. Her eggs are starting to change a little...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    Here's our first egg! It's so exciting! :) I know which one laid it, but we have no idea what breeds she is. It's so tiny and cute! But dark gray? What kind of hen lays and egg that color?
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    Let's play "Guess the gender AND breed!" :)

    So, we got our first egg from our mystery babies today! Yay yay yay!!!!! I'm a pretty proud chicken mama. She's only 19 weeks. Not too bad at all huh? My husband was outside and heard the "egg song," so he got to see right after she did it and we know which one it was from. It was from the...
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    Let's play "Guess the gender AND breed!" :)

    Awesome! Thank you so much for the input! It is so exciting to watch them grow and change. I remember thinking I'd love an Australorp! Can EEs develop without a comb? It's not that she has a small comb. She literally has nothing where her comb should be. I will look at the bottoms of #6s feet...
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    Let's play "Guess the gender AND breed!" :)

    Bueler...Bueler...Bueler.... :)
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    Five week mystery chick slow development

    Limhyl- Mine's doing well too! We call her (hopefully) "Button" because she looked so much like a little button quail for so long :) She is turning into a beauty. Still no sign of a comb at all, but she is developing in every other way, and is almost catching up in size a little. I even think I...
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    Let's play "Guess the gender AND breed!" :)

    Hi again! Here are updated pictures. They are almost 11 weeks now! We are definitely enjoying them! Sadly, we had one loss due to our dog :( Number five in the pictures above. He was definitely was a cockeral, and went out saving his flock. He let them get away to safety. We had REALLY started...
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    Fermented feed for house pets?

    I'm very new so I don't do anything fancy. Eventually I want to make their feed but right now I buy feed. All I do is take enough feed for a few days, put enough water for it to abosrb, plus make it soupy (keep checking on it until it has absorbed all the water. It takes more than you think)...
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    Fermented feed for house pets?

    I've recently started fermenting our chicken feed because everyone is singing the praises of all the health benefits. It has me thinking about all my other animals and wondering if I could do the same for them. We have three dogs, two cats, and a Green Cheek Conure (bird). I make the bird food...
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    Five week mystery chick slow development

    So I was hoping to get a little more input on this one. "She" is growing larger and developing some nice feathers. Still behind, just not as far behind so yay! However, she has no comb...at all. From what I can tell, not even the start of one developing. She is eight weeks, so I feel like that...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    How old would you start this at? Mine are 5 weeks. Is it ok to give them in their FF?
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Hi everyone! I love reading this thread! I hope that some day in the future I will have learned enough to give advice to a newbie like myself as you all have helped me! I have a question about garlic. I have garlic pills for my dogs. Would I be able to cruah them and give them to my chickens to...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Thank you so much! She seems as lively as the others and is eating fine, so I guess I will try not to worry. I will still go get some vitamins though. Can the vitamins go in the same water as the ACV?
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Hi, I am new to BYC and have been reading and trying to catch up on this thread! I've been loving it, and everyone is so knowledgable. I am so happy to be able to read all the great advice from everyone so experienced. I hope this is not bad manners, (please tell me if it is), but I really...
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