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    Hatching help....

    So I went into the coop this morning and heard the joyful "peep" of a newly hatched chick. I looked under the hen and saw the left over shell but baby was hiding deep in the back so I left them alone and went to work. This afternoon I wanted to retrieve the shell to see which egg had hatched...
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    Broody hen moved off eggs question

    I had a hen go broody so I gave her some eggs on April 20th. Yesterday I found her nesting(brooding ) 3eggs in a different box. Her original nest was occupied by another hen laying her egg. I think the broody got the boot but I'm not sure how long she had been off the nest. He r original...
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    Taking a break

    I have a small backyard free range flock of mixed breeds (buff brahma x, rir brahma x, speckled, americana, etc,). They will be a year old soon. They layed well all winter but I recently added a new rooster and the production has decreased as of late. The weather has been nice lately and all...
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    Ended Contest #1 Guess How Many Eggs Will Be Set - 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    7676:)
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    Choosing a new rooster

    I'm aware that I need fertile eggs to hatch babies(I have access to fertile eggs) and in previous years I gave her day old foster babies to raise( which btw worked like a charm) so that end is covered. My concern is a young roo may have trouble gaining control of dominant hens. My previous roo...
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    Choosing a new rooster

    I recently culled my rooster due to bad behavior. I'm left with 11 hens. 3 older birds and 9 year-old birds. I'm wondering if I should introduce an older or younger(year old) roo or maybe go with a baby raised at home(we have a hen that goes broody and hatches out a batch every year).
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    Rabbit with chickens?

    My daughter brought home a year old rabbit one spring from school. Fredrika had been in a cage all her life and was somewhat tame. At that time we also had a wild female rabbit living under the chicken coop so I let Fredrika run free and she moved in with the wildly under the coop. A month later...
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    Duck Breed Focus - Saxony

    I raised 4 welsh harlequin ducks a few years ago. Man were they a hoot to watch in the yard! Was supposed to get 1 male and 3 females but the supplier screwed up and gave me the opposite. Eventually I had to cull 2 males (saw them stacked 3 high trying to breed the female and drowning her in the...
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    We've had colder weather (-12 to -19 highs)since Christmas and the girls are still laying beautifully. Way to go girls
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    Thoughts on whats provoking Rooster to attack one hen

    I have also gone through a very similar experience. When my hen moulted this fall she stayed away from the rooster for a while. He was busy with 2 other favorite hens so she was ok hanging with the other 8 new pullets. I believe that she became the somewhat dominant hen in the younger group. By...
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    How long do chickens live?

    I like to think of myself as a good ole fashioned farm girl...practical when it comes to animals and pets. Make no mistake I get VERY attached to my animals but there does come a time for me when quality of life supersedes all. For example last year I had to put down my beloved friend (horse)...
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    Cold Weather Chickens

    Just wondering how the winter weather is treating everyone and how your flock is handling it,production,etc... I have a flock of 11 mixed breeds. It's been a mild winter(-7 to -15 ish lows) up until Christmas Eve. Went to -30 and -25 a couple nights and now back to -10 to -18 lows this week...
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    sitting or laying?

    Just some food for thought...a couple years ago my hen went broody so I let her sit on 6 eggs. 24 days came and went and no chicks. I checked the eggs and none were viable. I figured my roo must be to old so I gave her a new set of eggs I got from a friend. She sat on those for 21 days and...
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    sitting or laying?

    Sounds suspiciously like she is going broody. When my hen goes broody you can touch her and feel under her but she won't leave the nest where normally you couldn't touch her at all. She heavily protests(cackles and pecks my hand and gets all fluffed out) but won't leave. When she does decide...
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    broody chicken

    I have an older hen that goes broody every year sometimes in february(very bad timing in Alberta). She takes to sitting on the others freshly laid eggs and really fluffs up and cackles when I touch her. I simply laugh and remove her from the nest and place her in the other side of the coop for...
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