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    How do you "break" a broody?!

    Hi, I'm new at "broodies" too. But see my post from yesterday Broody/Identifying Culls. This worked for me.
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    Broody/identifying culls

    Just a little input for other novices like me; I had my first broody hen recently, she is a 7-8 month old black astrolorp who turned broody almost as soon as she started laying eggs. She wouldn't leave the nest unless I moved her myself. So I put her in a separate cage, within the chicken pen...
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    Squashed hen

    Quote: Yes it is a guillotine type. I made it myself and it (so far) doesn't have that safety feature that reverses or a photo beam to stop it. I might have to do that. But it does travel slowly (about 15-20 seconds to close). You'd think that would be a safety feature but I guess it's not. I...
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    Squashed hen

    Is there anyone out there who uses an auto coop door that has had the door squish (to death) a chicken? I just did. She must have been trying to squeeze thru the door as it was closing and got caught. Now one more thing to deal with in trying to get this door to work properly.
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    Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggg!!!!

    kota Well when you make a statement the the members don't appear to be "green" enough because they hold different views about shooting a dog than you do, then to me that smacks of political correctness. To me, being "green" has nothing to do with this topic. I will leave it at that...
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    Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggg!!!!

    kota1369- My reference to protecting her child was not a suggestion that this dog could or would attack her child. But rather pointing out an obvious "rule of life" if you will, that we all have a right to protect ourselves and our property from harm from others. And trying to point...
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    Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggg!!!!

    siz8003- I guess now you (and we) know these people and the dog have a history of letting the dog roam free to do whatever it feels like. You've said that they've been fined/cited before to no avail. That tells you all you need to know. You know once a dog kills fresh meat it will never stop...
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    how to make feed last longer.

    Marcym- what do you mean switching to pellets made a lot of difference? I've never used pellets except for my rabbits. Thanks
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    Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggg!!!!

    Quote: Hate to disagree with fancbrd4me02 but shooting the dog will solve the problem with this dog. All the other legal remedies will take time. In the meantime the whole flock could be lost if she(?) can't prevent the dogs entry to her property. And the dog owners fail to contain their dog...
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    Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggg!!!!

    Well if your not willing to kill the dog, and the law isn't helping, your kinda stuck. Unless you do something you'll keep loosing chickens. Here are some other ideas; your county animal control should have large traps for capturing dogs to loan you. Get one, catch the dog and turn it in to...
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    Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggg!!!!

    Here in CA (believe it or not) the laws allow you to shoot (to kill, is what my local sheriff told me) animals, including pet dogs, who threaten livestock. Even if they're only at your fence just frightening your animals. That would be because some livestock can be killed just by being...
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    To wash or not?

    Whats the deal with washing your eggs in water (or soapy water)? Someone told me not to because bacteria can penetrate the shell. Any truth to that? Thanks. Tim
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    Double yoke eggs

    Has anyone noticed what I have. I'm new to chickens, but I've noticed that at some point as each of my pullets start to lay eggs (not necessarily right away) they at least once lay an extra extra large egg that always has 2 yokes in it. It always looks like it musta hurt coming out! For my birds...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    I'm getting an average of 6/8 from RIR's. seems a min of 5 and I have yet to get 8/8 I'm convinced it's the extra light I give them each eve. about 4 hrs after dusk. These girls are all less than 1 yr old. and just started laying a month ago. I'm happy:P
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    Quality of meat birds: a report

    Just thought I'd comment for others sake about my first time meat bird experience. This past June I bought 15 R.I.R. chicks (all female) to raise primarily for meat birds knowing I'd keep at least 3-4 as layers. I wanted to try something else besides Cornish X. It didn't turn out so well. No...
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