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    Hens are brooding and it's spreading help!

    Thank you for all that information,I cant get my hands on either a cage nor a few day old chicks,I live way out of town & don't have the funds anyway to purchase a cage,I think Ill wait till she gets off the nest and lock her out using a board to the entrance of the coup..Its just a matter of...
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    Hens are brooding and it's spreading help!

    I have a question for you if that's alright? I have a light Sussex and she was sitting 5 eggs but over the 21 days she would get off to eat and have a stretch & forget to go back to her eggs for 20-30 mins at a time so the eggs didn't hatch & when I saw my chance I threw the bad eggs out,she is...
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    How often do Light Sussex hens go clucky?

    I have 2 hens one is about 18 months old and was laying on 20+ eggs,while I was away someone took the eggs(it was the 2 legged kind) and she hasnt shown any signs of being broody since,the other hen is 11 months old and she isnt clucky at all..I also find they only lay every second day, is this...
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    Mating

    Thank you for that, the bantam is supposedly point of lay yet so far no eggs,it might be due to being stressed, I let her out yesterday & everytime Bob went for her she took refuge so he couldnt get at her..she doesnt appear to have any injuries so far..
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    Mating

    Hi everyone, I have a 9 month old aracanna, I need some advice.. now I got two bantams (being told they are very broodie ) I have had for about a month,neither one of them is laying but my rooster targets one of the bantams and mates with her up to 10 times in a few short minutes he wont leave...
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    Chicken mating thread !!!

    Dear Chicken Farmer, Since my last post my rooster has been very busy with the girls and as you said the eggs wont change color once he mates with them & they haven't,I got 7 fertile eggs & not one of them is any different in color, the man at the co-op told me when I bought him that when he...
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    Chicken mating thread !!!

    Oh it seems the co-op people have misinformed me on a lot of things..Thank you for the information.. I have learnt a fair bit since joining this site..Especially all the lies I have been told and the wrong breed of chickens too..
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    If my rooster starts crowing?

    yes I'd like to but waiting to see if any of my hens are broody..I dont have a incubator.
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    If my rooster starts crowing?

    Hello Ladies & gentlemen... Gues what my boy has finally realised what his duty is I witnessed him doing the DEED...Cant believe that has been the highlight of my year...Thought I had a dud
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    I will do that & thank you
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    Thank you, I sure am learning a lot here today..
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    Thank you farnorth, I got the light sussex as the man from the co-op said they are the best broody hens out there but she isnt even laying even though I have had her over 2 months,I complained and he said oh its almost winter so they wont lay when its cold...I am grateful for all your information..
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    One lot of hens Ive had since November then the Sussex Ive had for two months & she is well & truely settled in,they all get on really well & I have two 10 week old chicks that I put in the coup 2 weeks ago with no problem being excepted by the others..
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    I'd like to know what makes a hen go broody..does she start once she has been mated with.. are the eggs fertile when you place them up to a light and see red specs in them.. & do I leave the eggs in the nest & hope for the best or do I move them & make another nest away from where the hens...
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    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    Thank you for that info, I dont have any eggs that resemble any of those markings as yet..Im begining to think Ive been sold all dud fowls as well as the rooster, no sing of brooding and no sign of mating..The Light Sussex I was told was 12 months old and would be broody and she hasnt laid any...
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