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    Hen injured by fox and in shock

    Daisy perked up last evening after I left the light on for her and began eating, drinking and softly clucking at me! Her manure appeared normal. This morning she is much brighter, so I moved her crate out to the chicken stall in my barn so she can remain safe, but still hang with her peeps. I'm...
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    Hen injured by fox and in shock

    I have an approximately year old red sex link hen that was attacked by a fox approximately 6 hours ago. She sustained a wound to her chest and wing. I treated her with blue-kote and placed her in a wire dog crate in my garage up on a table with a thick layer of hay (which she is accustomed to)...
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Yes. I'm in NH and we've had several hot and humid days. All other broody spells happened during the extreme weather too. The first hot spell, the whole flock went nuts it seemed. That's when the 3 hens went broody all one right after the other. The rest of them were flying at my head...
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Hey everyone. I'm new here. This is my first season with chickens and I have a question about broody hens. I have 9 hens of mixed breeds in my flock. No roosters. My Buff Orp, and both Silver Laced and Gold Laced Wyandottes have all gone broody this year. I successfully broke them by...
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