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    Coughing

    Thank you. Up until today we were VERY dry and dusty. In the throes of a wicked Nor'easter tonight but it has been the driest Spring I can remember. Your idea certainly makes sense to me now that I think about it... Man, I hope you are right!- I will sleep better.
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    Coughing

    Hi All, My question is this- is it ever ill advised to consume the eggs if the hens are less then well??? I have done a large amount of online research and it would seem a few of my girls have a mild respiratory ailment. Just a small, infrequent cough. NO other symptoms. NO discharge. NO...
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    HELP! Week-old chicks slowly dying

    Have you found an answer? I am having the exact issue. Mine are about a week now... all Delawares. the first was DOA, so I did not worry too much. On day three I lost a 2nd. and today a third. They are growing VERY well, I have been raising hens for about a decade, have not changed a thing...
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    Suppliers?

    That is a big help! Thank you kindly!
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    Suppliers?

    here?: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=16 Thanks! been awhile since i have visited this site- you sure have grown!?
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    Suppliers?

    Hi All, I usually get my chicks through my local feed store as that practice enables me to try different breeds but not at 25 peeps at a time!...just off the phone with them and it seems that all of their normal sources are sold out until April! Been awhile since I ordered direct to my house...
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    dumb question about a broody hen

    Someone here once suggested I freeze a bowl of water, pop thatslab of ice out of the bowl and put it under a broody hen I needed to STOP being broody. I think I only needed to repeat that process 2 or 3 x and it did the trick!
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    dumb human mistake- need advice

    THis hen is quite loud when disturbed but does NOT peck me. And, I have some hens that will draw blood even NOT broddy! So, I appreciate her gentle nature. It all depends on the hen.- Wear gloves. I don't keep a rooster but when she showed signs of REALLY sitting tight I borrowed a rooster and...
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    dumb human mistake- need advice

    Thanks...... I am hopeful!
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    dumb human mistake- need advice

    I have 9 eggs under a broody hen- tomorrow is day 21. I lift her up once a day to 'check'- you know, no broken eggs, no hen poop...today, when I lifted her for a second-one of the eggs rolled away , hit the side of the coop and cracked. a teeny crack.....is there anything I should do...
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    So, I borrowed a rooster....

    I am saving them all since he arrived. This is GREAT to know!!
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    So, I borrowed a rooster....

    Thanks. I do know all of that. The roo is from my good friend and next door neighbor. We are confident that all birds are (very) healthy. I would never expose my flock to any questionable bird. I am hoping to have 2 or 3 fertile eggs for this broody girl by this time next week.
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    So, I borrowed a rooster....

    Most welcome! That's what this place is all about. I have learned so very much here. -Jude
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    So, I borrowed a rooster....

    Found it ( about the only benefit to having night owl teen agers who woke me up 500X until I finally decided to get up and do some research): here's the bit I needed to know: ************ Once sperm has been transferred, they swim along the mucous lining of the oviduct until they reach the...
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    So, I borrowed a rooster....

    Thanks. I am really just hoping that someone can give me a ball park figure about when the eggs might be fertile. I have to give the rooster back in about a week and I only put 6 hens in there with him- and they are my older girls - good layers, all, but, not every day anymore. So, I can't...
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