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  1. Laguna Chicken

    Brooding Hen

    Donrae- thank you for your help. I feel like I'm taking Chickens 101! I had no idea what I was getting into when I adopted these chickens a few of months ago. I am not finding raising chickens as easy as others have stated, but I do enjoy their personalities. Thanks again for responding.
  2. Laguna Chicken

    Brooding Hen

    She sleeps in the nest box. Could she be sitting on the other blue egg layer's eggs. She just fluffs up when I reach under her. I have taken her out of the nest box, but she just goes back in. When you say a broody hen doesn't lay eggs, is it for a period of time or permanent. She just turned a...
  3. Laguna Chicken

    Brooding Hen

    I have a hen (Americana) who has been sitting on fake eggs in the nest box for 4 days. She still lays an egg a day, which we take out.....I was wondering how long she should be allowed to sit on fake eggs? We initially put 2 fake eggs in the nest box because we had one hen (Plymouth rock) who...
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    Red area on neck

    I recently adopted 3 ladies, approx 10 months old. One Plymouth rock (I think) and 2 Americana's. Both of the Americana's have a reddened raised area level with their beak, under their eye. I thought perhaps they had been pecked prior to coming to live with me. They have one of the small coops...
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