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    My Broody breaking routine

    Thank you AllenK, I did forget to say the other 6 are in a chicken run all day. what is funny, the one that is laying the egg is my escape artist. She lays her egg and then finds the hole in the fencing. I may try the pepper thing. I put the broody in tank separate from the other chickens...
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    1 broody and 5 non-egg layers

    1 broody and 5 non-egg layers
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    My Broody breaking routine

    Thank you for the article on broodiness. I've been lucky to only have 1 chicken go broody and have been able to break her. That was last year. This year I have a new chicken (6 months old) who has been broody now going on 4 weeks. At first she only had a few eggs and then she started...
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    Concern for broody

    I don't have any suggestions for the question here, but have a question concerning the broody. I cannot tell if she is eating or not because I am gone most of the day. Her comb is droopy and she has at least 10 more days remaining before the chicks hatch. Is there anything I should do? She...
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    Baby chicks in coop with older chickens

    All of the advice here has been great. So, when she started getting Broody, she had 1 real egg and 3 fake eggs. Later I found out that she has collected other eggs, I think she stole them. :-) I decided to let her brood to see how she did. I had a broody before and sometimes, you have to...
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    Baby chicks in coop with older chickens

    One of my hens is brooding in the coop shared with 2 roosters and 6 other hens. right now there does not seem to be a problem, since she is just sitting on the eggs. I am not sure what to expect when the chicks hatch. Are they safe with momma hen to protect them, or should I consider a...
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    Strange Eggs

    There is a breed of chicken called an Olive Egger. I have 1 and they are a nice olive color, so her name is now Olive Oil. :-) They are a darker gray chick, with a little lighter colored head and neck.
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    Hello and New to BYC

    We've only named 3 of ours, the original girls we had: Henretta, Reba & Red. I'm not real good with naming creativity. since the Barred Rocks were adopted, we are working on the relationship. Only 1 of the 11 will allow us to pet her, the others run scared as they were not handled much as...
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    Hello and New to BYC

    Thank you. I never knew the attraction to raising my own chickens until I had my own. My husband is always looking for things for me to do. This one I gladly accepted. He now calls me the pied piper of chickens.
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    Hello and New to BYC

    I have done several searches and found this site, don't know exactly which one I did first. Probably had to do with chicken behavior since I was new to the whole experience.
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    Hello and New to BYC

    Hi there. some may not like our solution. We eliminate the threat, 1 coyote and 1 opposeum. Needless to say, the ones remaining have learned and they have now made friends with the cows and horses that help to protect them. We do make sure they are secure every night, so we don't worry about...
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    Hello and New to BYC

    I have previously read many articles here and believe this to be a great source of information. I started with chickens about 1 year ago with 8 chickens, we only have 3 of those 8 remaining due to predators. We also adopted 11 chickens from a friend who could no longer keep them and have added...
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