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    broody buff question

    Thanks for the advice. Dolly didn't continue sitting on her fake egg in the broody box that I moved her too, even though she spent the night in there. Her egg was cold and she was acting frantic in the morning, so I moved her back out and she settled in her nesting box again, on top of the fake...
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    broody buff question

    Thanks for your response. See my response to cavemanrich as to why I moved her. We will see if she loses her broodiness before we introduce chicks and watch her closely to ensure she doesn't harm them (as best we can--with a backup plan). I was given the advice not to wait too much longer than...
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    broody buff question

    Thank you for your response. Her cage is pretty roomy in my opinion. She can walk around a bit and has food and water in there as well as a box with her (fake for now) egg and bedding. It's bigger than just her nesting box. I just felt bad trapping her in her small box (where she was brooding)...
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    broody buff question

    So my Buff, Dolly has been broody for almost two weeks I think. In preparation for trying to get her to accept chicks (which we haven't bought yet), I put her in the chick cage inside the coop, with food and water and her fake egg she's been sitting on. It was a little before dusk when I did...
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    Thanks Mrs. K., These are helpful hints. I'm noticing that they are being attached by multiple birds and that was making me nervous so I separated them again. I want to be conscientious, but I don't have time to spend my whole day focused on integrating them. So at some point, they will have to...
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    I had them out in the run together yesterday and today and I am just afraid to put them in the coop together. They seem so scared and I don't know how much to let them fight. I keep stepping between during the fights because I don't want them to hurt each other!
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    Thanks for the helpful tips!
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    CA, though I'm sure they were shipped from somewhere else.
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    Thank you! This is helpful. We decided to have them sleep apart and during the day, I give them time in the coop by themselves while the others are free ranging. The first night, they just seemed stressed and scared and were attacking I think because they were intimidated by 8 other chickens...
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    our coop is approximately 70 square feet
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    30 days? They've all been vaccinated. Why 30 days?
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    Adding two hens to my flock of 8

    Today we were gifted two beautiful year-old Brahmas and want to know the best way to add them to our flock of 8 hens (who are about two years old).Today, we let them all free range together a little after locking the two up in the coop alone so they could get the lay of the land. They did pretty...
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    Dolly Parton attacked by a bobcat today

    Not sure. She’s alive and I did get the pills down and she took a little cheese, but she doesn’t seem to want to eat or drink much. She is staying in one place for a long time. But she pooped twice, so that’s a good sign. Thanks for checking. I’ll post pics later.
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    Dolly Parton attacked by a bobcat today

    We do have a dog crate, but my partner set her up with a pretty awesome enclosure in the garage. I will take some pics tomorrow.
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    Dolly Parton attacked by a bobcat today

    Thanks, I'm worried about hurting her neck by having to hold her neck to push the pills down the throat. I'm going to try your treat method tomorrow. I'm a little nervous to bring other chickens into the mix right now.
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