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    Can breaking a broody in a cage risk causing egg bound?

    Excellent, thanks for your reassurances everyone, much appreciated :)
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    Can breaking a broody in a cage risk causing egg bound?

    Hi All, I'm relatively new to chicken keeping. Last year I had both my barred rocks go broody and decided to obtain fertilized eggs. The two hens have been laying again for a month or so and one of them went broody again so I want to try break the behavior using the elevated cage method...
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    Barred Rock Cross - Cockerel or Pullet?

    All the pictured birds are 14 weeks. I haven't heard any of them attempt to crow yet from this hatch but I've also got another 5 not pictured that are 10 weeks and I heard one of them attempt a crow this morning. I just assumed the one from pic 3 was a cockerel based on size of comb but...
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    Barred Rock Cross - Cockerel or Pullet?

    Thanks very much for the replies everyone. Appreciate all your thoughts. Thanks Overo Mare, I had a lot of trouble finding anything looking like Dusty online so it's good to hear from someone experienced that it's not easy to determine. Really interesting that micstrachan and bill3607 are...
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    Barred Rock Cross - Cockerel or Pullet?

    Hi All, New member here from Australia. First I'd like to say this is an amazing community, I've learnt so much about chickens browsing these forums - more so than any other community or resource online. It's incredible to see such an active, knowledgeable and helpful community on a...
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