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    Best breed combinations for a flock

    I know a guy that has a dual purpose flock of Light Sussex. He has about twenty birds that are the mainstay of his flock. These include two roosters, about half a dozen layers, about half a dozen layers of eggs to reproduce the flock, and about half a dozen Light Sussex bantams as broodies. Then...
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    NOT Broody Hens Sit in Nests but Don't Lay...

    I find they don't really mind being moved out of the nest box if they're like this. They'll struggle a bit in the box but once they're out they'll just start looking for food. Same goes for hens that are sitting on eggs for a while after laying but aren't broody.
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    Hen sitting on egg with ruffled feathers?

    Hens will go broody without a rooster. Try to keep her away from the nest, or other potential nests, for a couple of days.
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    New Hampshire Hen laying age?

    I don't have any pure New Hampshires but a couple of crosses with Australorps. They started around 20 weeks or so like a lot of hens. They'll start to squat down when you approach them once they are around laying age, rather than running from you like younger pullets tend to do. Being able...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    The butt nuts are coming thick and fast. I got 3/4 today and 4/4 the two days prior. One hen has laid two double yolked eggs and a single yolked one. Pew pew pew.
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    1 worm per day is all the top up a chicken needs for the protein?

    A gram is the weight of a cube of water with each side being one centimetre long. Or a bit less than half an inch. Protein is a little less dense than water but let's assume they are the same for simplicity. If you placed seven of those cubes end to end you'd have a fairly hearty earthworm. A...
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