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    Chickens stopped laying bc of Broody?

    Thanks, I was Thanks, I was thinking both those things. Count find a hidden spot. Would the momma peck at me if I tried to look under. She makes noises like she’s angry when I get close but has let me pet her a little
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    Chickens stopped laying bc of Broody?

    About 3 years old. Ever since the other one got broody, no signs of eggs.
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    Chickens stopped laying bc of Broody?

    I don’t really have boxes. They have one spot in their coop where they may. Sometimes they lay right next to that spot, but they haven’t been laying there.
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    Chickens stopped laying bc of Broody?

    One of my 6 girls started sitting on some eggs and it seems like all the others stopped laying. I know because it was raining all day today so we didn’t let them out of the run. Normally they lay around mid-day, but when I got home from work today there were none anywhere. There wasn’t any the...
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    Adult w/ broken ankle and/or toes (with pictures)

    Thanks so much!
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    Adult w/ broken ankle and/or toes (with pictures)

    My 2 year old hen’s toes or ankle is broken. I heard it crack as I stepped on it trying to rescue it from a dog chasing her. It’s red, swollen, she won’t put any weight on it and keeps the toes curled. We put her in a dog cage with food and water. How much would a vet charge me to possibly...
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    Moving to 1 acre soon

    The builder is marketing it as “modern farm house”. It’s just a new house with stone and hardy plank.
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    Moving to 1 acre soon

    I just signed a contract today to buy a one acre home site with my wife and two young children in the northern Houston suburbs (Montgomery county), and one of the main reasons is so we can raise chickens (or ducks, and maybe a goat or two!)! We are so looking forward to some country livin...
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