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    Murderous broody - what to do now - Update

    As of this morning I have two live little ones - the one that was attacked by mama and one that hatched last night. The other one is full of itself, runs around and jumps on me had when I reached in to take shell debris out. The other is still recovering but is the greatest chocolate color...
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    Murderous broody - what to do now - Update

    Thank you all! I'll let you know how it goes. This summer has been like a disaster movie when it comes to broody hens.
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    Murderous broody - what to do now - Update

    This is going to be a very short post - trust me, it could be pages. My JG has brought her eggs to 21 days, we just had one hatch and she promtly tried to kill it. At least I assume that is what she was doing (pecking very hard at it). It may be there is something wrong with the chick. It...
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    Broody hen - help?

    I have a hen that has been broody for the last 10 days or so. It took me a while to figure out what she was up to and I'm not really sure what to do with her now. I do have a roo in with the gals and according to the pics by speckledhen I have some fertile eggs. The trouble is that she was...
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    Torpedo eggs?

    I have two JGs, one black and one white. I've been thinking that it might be them as the started laying later than the rest.
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    Torpedo eggs?

    Just to give you an idea of the size - the egg weighs about 3.25 oz. Last I checked there were no emus in there but it was a mixed group of layers we bought...
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    Torpedo eggs?

    One of my gals is routinely laying long narrow eggs. Really narrow. Yesterday we got one that was so long that we can't put it in an egg box and close the top. It is twice as long as the other eggs (which are a good size) and a distinct torpedo shape (both ends taper, middle is widest point)...
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    Eating mud?

    I really do feed my flock! Now that the eggs ar no longer being eaten about have the gals have taken to eating mud out of one big hole. The wramer weather we had for a few days melted the area and they all have been wandering around with mudcaked beaks. In the morning they run straight over...
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    Update on my egg eaters

    So after my complete panic about the egg eating going on in my coop I made a few simple changes. I made new nest boxes that are very dark and private, I stopped giving any scratch, I made sure they had continuous oystershell available, and I spent the next few days checking for eggs constantly...
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    Need guidelines with egg eaters

    I'm the wrong person for a picture - dialup, no good with cameras or computers, just not a posting pictures person. Hopefully someone else can do the picture thing for you. I can describe what I did. Mine were easy to rig because I have these rubbermaidesque storage containers with snap on...
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    Need guidelines with egg eaters

    Just a quick little update. Yesterday we made ultradark nesting boxes out of some dark gray storage containers. We cut holes (just big enough for entry holes) in the fronts and I made some raggedy (rather gothic looking) strips of curtains from black material left over from my sons grim reaper...
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    Need guidelines with egg eaters

    Hi BH! I was worried about posting because I knew you would worry it was Mr Chicken. I'll admit to giving him a thorough once-over but he has a spotless head and neck. He is just really mad at me sending him out in the cold to keep an eye on the others today. So, do they normally eat the...
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    Need guidelines with egg eaters

    Have I ever said that I think this is the best place ever? One of the few places I have found where everyone seems to just be supportive and caring around chicken life. I was coming back to say that I had had them in a carrier together because I had run out of ideas earlier and went out to...
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    Need guidelines with egg eaters

    I'm in some kind of chicken disaster right now and I am wondering what the best path to take is. I've got 10 pullets, at least some of whom are laying now (a mixed bag of birds courtesy of MM brown egg layer assortment). One rooster who is older and mostly wanders about and snuggles with the...
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    An egg! An egg!!!!!!

    I let my adopted roo out with my girls for the first time today and spent some time watching them check him out. I ran inside to get hot water for the waterer and came out and he was rolling an egg on the ground! (Obviously not his). Not sure who did it but it is small and brown and oh so...
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