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    Broody hen or chick setup?

    No fertile eggs (well not handy anyway, lol), and I'm afraid that since she's been sitting for a week she might not sit long enough? Given its her first go round I don't know what she's going to do. I'm also so afraid she's going to attack her chicks but I don't have any reason to think that...
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    Broody hen or chick setup?

    Well, it's my first broody, so I have no idea really. She's been on the nest day and night for 8 days. She's not growling but she'll peck at you if you get too close. She will talk to you if you talk to her, but she's not super aggressive. But sitting sitting sitting all day, and pecking at you...
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    Broody hen or chick setup?

    I have a broody wyandotte and want to add 3 chickens to our flock. We are debating whether or not to give broody some chicks, vs just raising the 3 chicks in our normal chick setup. I'm worried she will attack the chicks, but I don't know how common that is. Would I still need to separate the...
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    Organic Feed Choices - corn free?

    Hi everyone, I just lost a Wyandotte and the necropsy showed she died of fatty liver. The doctor said it can happen when they eat too much corn. We have been feeding Reedy Fork Organic Soy Free Layer, raw veggie kitchen scraps a few times a week, and scratch only once or twice a month (even...
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    Help with introducing chicks to their run

    Thank you! That's what I was leaning towards - letting them decide when they're ready to come out. 2 of them have yet to venture out at all, so I'm just letting them decide. I'd really like them to come out, frankly because the waterer/feeder are big and I don't have to fill them often, vs the...
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    Help with introducing chicks to their run

    Hi everyone, I moved my girls (and maybe a boy) into their coop this weekend. They were moved into the hen house on Thursday, where they stayed locked in until Saturday morning. Their door was opened to the run on Sat morning and they were not at all interested in coming out. I lured a few of...
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    Australorp Roo?

    Thank you all. Sigh. I will keep it for now and hope hope hope in another couple weeks he looks more like a she, otherwise he'll find a new home. It's a nice bird! My other roo was a total jerk. I'd keep this one, except for the whole living-in-the-suburbs thing. :/
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    Australorp Roo?

    I am a total neophyte and I feel fairly certain it's a roo, too. The general behavior of running around investigating stuff, being extra jumpy (but friendly)... Plus this is its 'sister', hatched the same day.
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    Australorp Roo?

    Hi there! My chickens are 7 weeks old, and my flock is already down by one, thanks to a she that turned out to be a he a couple weeks ago. Now I think we might have another. What are the chances this is really a she, do you think? My birds were purchased as sexed pullets.
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