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    Hens stopped laying...

    Hi....we are in NC as well. On the border of TN and GA. Our flock has suddenly stopped laying. We talked with neighbors and they are all having the same problem. No eggs anywhere. no signs of predators, no signs of molt. Like you mentioned its not as hot as it has been. In fact its cooler to the...
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    CENTRAL FLORIDA (Ocala) SWAP MEET - July 18th

    I live in the Sarasota area and have 3 baby roo's free to a good home. They're fathers were black star sex links. the mothers...well one was supposed to be a RIR but clearly isnt and the other was a super cute white with black ruffle feather footed lady. we just cant bring ourselves to eat them.
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    Complicated chick situation

    i'll blame it all on my own pregnancy hormones. i just felt so bad that my favorite hen died that i scooped the lil ones up and brought them in. lesson learned. i dont think theyre intergrating any time soon. i tried a bit this morning and my hen wasnt mean but wasnt friendly and the unknown...
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    Complicated chick situation

    Well in the end we hatched 6 babies. 4 within a few days of each other and then a week later 2 more. The complicated part is that i had two hens that contributed to this lil brood and both were sharing the role as Momma. The day the last two chicks were found i also found one of my hens dead. i...
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    At what age should you let your chicks/chickens free range?

    We have a new batch of chickies. they hatched between the 22nd of June and the 30th. The four that hatched earlier have been free ranging since they were about 2 days old. they just learned to go to bed on their own about 3 days ago. the two who hatched the 29th and 30th we have in our house...
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    My hen just died mysteriously....and baby news

    i really dont think she left the eggs in the beginning but in the final week she did leave now and again to eat and drink. i made sure to keep food and water near her at all times so i'm not sure if she snuck some when i wasnt looking
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    My hen just died mysteriously....and baby news

    i wanted to mention the dead hen is only about 9 months old. this was her first batch of chicks. up until she got broody she laid about 5 eggs a week and was very active and super friendly.
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    My hen just died mysteriously....and baby news

    Well we now have 5 chicks. 2 hatched wednesday, 1 friday, & 1 saturday. When I checked the gang out this evening my favorite hen was up on the roost looking very dead. its crazy. she was fine last night. she is one of my broody hens. i had noticed she didnt get back on the remaining eggs last...
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    Please Help not sure what to do!!

    Thank you everyone. All we needed was a bit of patience. we found two new babies today. Hopefully the rest will hatch soon. Everyone seems to be doing quite well. Should I remove the babies since there are about 15 more eggs still or just leave them? my husband put chick feed in and they ate and...
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    Please Help not sure what to do!!

    I think it was approx three weeks on Friday the 19th give or take a few days. the first broody female wont move off her nest. i put food & water closer to her since i was worried she isnt eating. the other female takes a break for a few minutes occasionaly but less so as the days go on. my...
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    Please Help not sure what to do!!

    we have two hens and recently determined we had 7.....yes 7 roos. our females are great layers. not a clue as to what kind of chickens they are but they lay about an egg a day. we were out of town for the weekend and our friends forgot to collect the eggs and our one female was very broody...
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