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    Broody Hen Thread!

    yes I have 2 questions, Is it normal for the other hens to pick on the broody one? and 'fertilized eggs from the grocery store'? wouldn't they be past incubating?
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thank you, I'm studying on all these details, my understanding of the 'adoptive chicks' was to tuck them in at night when all were sleeping. since are daytime hi's are hitting 95. I understand what you are saying and it really probably won't happen with this first boody hen. but everything is...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thank you very much, one thing about it is this one is one of my shy hens and I am getting to handle her, when I put her out of the box she goes about eating etc for a while. I'll see how it goes, I'm building a small chicken tractor and it may be good to use to adjust broody attitudes. I...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    thank you, so should I try to break them of broody if I'm not going to try the chick thing by setting off the nest often? how likely is it I'll have more then one go broody at a time?
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    OK I'm new at this, and first of 7 hens (no roo) that are all about 16 months old is going broody. So I should take her off the nest when I see her and try to get her to quit? Thought about waiting a while and then hiding some day old chicks under her, I heard they will mother them into the...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    7/7 although i now have 3 pullets. when should i start counting them? the old girls , 15 months, seem to get bored on rainy days and hang out and lay, on sunny days i avg 5.
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    Leghorn Thread

    just went out to the barn to get these photos.
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    Leghorn Thread

    yes how old are they? I got a couple leghorns and one bared rock that are suppose to be 23 weeks old, they look very young. wound they be about to lay? my other girls are 15 months old now and I got them at 22 weeks old and didn't think they looked this young? Not the best of photos but do...
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    Hen's breaking and eating egg?

    I don't know if it's one that's doing it or who, or if they are accidentally broken then eaten? I've had my hens nearly a year and this has just happened 2 times in the last month. Are they needing some supplement? Is this going to be a problem? TIA for any help with this. Kate
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Hello Hello GREEN EGG, hadn't seen one in months since they were molting when winter started. got one today along with 3 brown ones, So the other EEs should follow ..... 4/7 today!!
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    well i am sure that since they all (3) went to molt just as the cold weather hit and that i'm not artificially lighting them has something to do with it.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    3/7 and that's a top number since November. EEs are NOT winter layers, and one of my Rocks decided to molt......
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    Give up free-ranging?

    I call mine, semi-free range. outside of the coop the 7 hens have a 20-30 fenced and netted play yard, they have 'toys' in there. I heard a neighbor lost some hens to coyotes last night. I haven't seen any ground predators since we got this hound even though she is in the house at night. our...
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    7 hens, 1-2 eggs a day

    Thanks, yes I guess they are more 'pets' then producers, I think I'm really lucky having the 7 hens I started with being happy and healthy all year and that I know for the couple of days this summer that I got 7 eggs a day all different shades of color etc that all of them do lay. I expect the...
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    7 hens, 1-2 eggs a day

    They have a little 'night light' solar in their coop but i was told that lighting un-naturally to increase production would also shorten their life spans?
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