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    Comment by 'MariLouJane' in article 'Chicken Art'

    Beautiful watercolor. nice.
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    Extra large chicken breed information needed

    Whoa!! That is one DUDE of a rooster!! Quite the specimen.
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    lame silkie

    thanks back to the garage kennel it is................. she's a nice bird. hope she gets better!!!
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    lame silkie

    I had a Buff orpington with similar symtoms. I brought her into the garage kennel for 3 weeks and her leg got better. It was like one leg was broken but upon inspection I couldn't find any damage. I sent her back to the coop and for awhile she was limping aro, using the lame leg cautiously. Now...
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    Greetings from Beautiful Southern Oregon

    That is what my husband said................so.....they are a year old this March. What's the optimal age?
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    Greetings from Beautiful Southern Oregon

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    Greetings from Beautiful Southern Oregon

    We live in Grants Pass in the Rogue Valley located about an hour North of the California border. We have four seasons here with a brief coating of snow in the winter, a beautiful Fall often with an Indian summer and a gorgeous spring which in some years allows us to plant way before the expected...
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    Brood eggs accidentally got collected and put in the refrigerator.

    Dear Broody Magician Thanks for your input and opinion on my situation. I am going to go ahead and dispose of the eggs. I don't want to spend effort to end up with chicks that are less that optimal. Thanks for your help. My chickens thank you also!! so I am going to buy an incubator. I don't...
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    Brood eggs accidentally got collected and put in the refrigerator.

    they were in the fridge a couple of days. There were two hens laying in the same nest. How many is a good amount for one hen? thanks for responding!!!
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    Brood eggs accidentally got collected and put in the refrigerator.

    I had several dozen eggs that my hen was sitting on and the eggs accidentally got collected by a family member and put in the refrigerator. are these eggs still able to hatch or should I get rid of them? This was the first time that I was letting my hen sit on eggs. I don't have much experience...
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    ANYONE HAVE EGGS DUE!! CHARTS ON PAGE ONE POST ONE!! NEWCOMERS WELCOME!!!

    great pics of your candle light. :O)
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    Okay to eat eggs if a hen has been sitting on them all day?

    Okay, so I did crack a few eggs, It was not very nice. Halfway developed chicks. I guess the eggs are ruined and the chickies have no chance of survival since my niece put them in the fridge. so.........I think I will feed them to the animals. My hen is okay but I am sad about having to toss...
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    Flag at half staff for Whitney Houston

    love your post. I am a music teacher. There are a lot of wonderful, talented musicians who have families and are productive members of our community without getting strung out on drugs. I don't get why we are lowering our flag for Pop Icons. It's a statement of our society. We value less than...
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    Okay to eat eggs if a hen has been sitting on them all day?

    I was letting a chicken lay a clutch so she would sit and hatch some baby chicks. My niece was housesitting for the weekend and collected all the eggs (3 dozen) washed them and put them in egg cartons in the fridge. That was nice. My Barred Rock had been getting broody and sitting on them. I...
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