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    3 roosters 10 hens northeastern pennsylvania

    With in just a few miles and would give them a good home. PM sent.
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    Broiler survey

    1.Factory raised broilers have good living conditions 2.Factory raised broilers are healthy 3.Factory raised broilers are raised in humane conditions 4.Factory raised broiler chickens are just the same as dual purpose chickens in terms of meat 5.Factory raised broiler chickens are better...
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    How old do chicks need to be to free-range?

    My hens start taking them out of the pen when the chicks are about one and half to two weeks old. They go further and further as the chicks grow. Chicks I brood go outside at 4 weeks old.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    With all the talk of moving or not mobing hens I figured I would tell how I do it. In my Silkie coop I use nest boxes on the floor that are not attached. Years ago I bought a couple of plastic stackable drawer units. The outside is about a foot square and theit has a smaller draw (box) that...
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    Broody Hen - HELP I Need Advice!

    you might need to make some steps for them to get out. I use scrap lumber or flat rocks. I don't know is the hen will take them back into the tub, but you can make some steps for them to get in too.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Just started another half silkie setting on 8 Buff Orpington eggs. This is her second time hatching for this year. I use my silkies and silkie crosses for all my hatching. Need replacement egg layers and roosters for the freezer. They seem to fill the role quite well.
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    Broody Hen - HELP I Need Advice!

    The best thing to do with a broody is leave her alone, but it is also hard to do. How far off the florr is the nest?
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, blue Silkie hatched 7 out of 8 eggs. Some little cute fur balls. Still enjoy watching the mothers with their babies. fred.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    One of my blue Silkies has been setting and the chicks are hatching. Four so far and several more pipped. My broodies do all my hatching. This is my sixth this year, and I have one more who is going to be a foster mother to some boughten chicks. They even hatched out some guinea hen eggs...
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    Cooking Hard Boiled Eggs - why do they do this?

    Here is how we boil eggs. Pick up fresh eggs put in refrgerator over night. Take out of Frig place on counter at room temp for a day to day and half. Put eggs in pan with a healthy dose of vinegar. We use about a cup to one and half to two quarts of water. Bring to boil 3 minutes then cover...
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    Laying at less than 4 months old

    I don't post often, read this board regularly. I have been around and raising chickens my whole life, over 40 years. I don't push my chicks or use any medicated feeds. I cull ruthlessly. My laying flock is kept rotated as production lags. Well, enough background. I puschase some Gold Stars...
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    Has anyone Order from these Hatcheries??

    I get my laying hens and broilers (when I buy them) from Hoover's. They geared toward production not fancy looking chickens. I have always been stiafied with them. Been ordering form them since 2001. Very responsive and easy to deal with. I get production browns or reds and broilers.
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    Pics of Lester & Lucas for lavender orp project

    Beautiful birds of course all of your birds are quite nice. I really love lavendar and an orpington just seems like it would look right in that color. Hope to see more of them in future. One hen to give you an update on is a little buff silkie that kept sitting for you. Well, she has 6...
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    best broody breed????????***?

    I use hens to hatch all my chicks. I have a small flock of Cochins, 8 hens, that seem to set very well. Added some silkie hens now. The Silkies do a good job, but the full sized Cochins cover many more chicks. Last year all Cochin hens I had hatched chicks. This year they seem to running...
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