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    Blind Hen?

    My broody hen hatched out some chicks this weekend. I had her in a rather constricted brooder box, and wanted to give her some more space, now that the babies are running about. I put in a chicken wire internal fence, fencing off part of the main coop run - there is a...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    3 weeks and a bit ago I posted that my Barnevelder was broody, and that I had scrounged 14 eggs for her. This is her second clutch, having raised 4 little ones last year. Anyway, the day after putting the eggs under her I found that she had rolled 6 of them back out, and they were quite cold...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thanks for the information. I think there is 1 dark egg from my Welsumer, as well as at least 1 green egg. The rest are light brown. So I'll have a look at about 10 days, and see what I shall see :-) MissLydia, thanks for the link. Very informative! I won't be terribly upset if none of...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Yesterday morning I found that my broody was sitting on 8 eggs ... and 6 more were out in the cold :-(. And when I check her sometimes she is on them all, and sometimes one or two are not quite under her. I took the 6 away - will feed them back to the chickens - but I've decided to just let...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have just put 14 eggs under my broody Barnevelder. She has been sitting on her nest since Sunday, and I have been collecting/soliciting eggs for her since then. She hatched out 4 chicks last spring, and I am hoping that she will be as good a Mama this time as she was then. I didn't see this...
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    Grit/Oyster Shells

    ray's two cents : We've never used grit for our birds because they free range, so if you let yours out of the coop some time you probably won't need it either. My birds free range almost everyday, and they still clean up the grit I have put in their run. I figure it is cheap insurance; if...
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    Questions about 1st time processing

    Thank you Ridgerunner; I suppose I should have looked a little harder before posting
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    Questions about 1st time processing

    One of my hens went broody 2 months ago, and hatched out 4 chicks. I don't know their gender yet, but am gearing up for all eventualities . I have room for 4 more girls, and can fit in 1 more rooster, but if there are more cockerels I can't keep them. These are not meat birds - one is pure...
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    My neighbor is complaining about my rooster :/

    To the OP - I sympathize with your problem, but have to agree with others who have said that crowing at 2:30am is an annoyance equal to dogs barking. A person should be able to have a decent night's sleep without constant disturbance; if your little guy is crowing MOST mornings then you...
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    Hawks eating my chickens Please Help!!

    Is it possible to make a smaller fenced area within their large run, and put netting over that? Your girls will have less space for awhile, but the hawks won't get any more, and will likely leave once they find there are no more free meals. And then you can let them out again, but maybe only...
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    Needed: a reason not to roast Barndevelder hens

    I have a Barnevelder pullet; she has been laying since the beginning of last month - she was 27 weeks old when she started . She isn't very friendly, but that is mostly my fault I think; I didn't interact with her and her "siblings" as much as I maybe should have when they were babies. Her...
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    Ice Tea - Sweet or Unsweet?

    Tea - black, and brewed from loose tea leaves - is a HOT drink, and best without sweetener of any kind, but possibly a bit of lemon. In restaurants in the summer I will have a glass of iced tea with lunch, as hot tea is usually too complicated for the average restaurant. Sometimes I will make...
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    Take the Clean Kitchen Quiz

    I like the question "do you eat undercooked eggs?" - That's loaded, isn't it? No, as far as I am concerned my eggs are perfectly cooked (or in some cases not cooked at all), and they are as they should be for the purpose, and not "undercooked" in any way I got 80-something, mostly, I assume...
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    Kittens and chickens

    I have 5 cats - all housecats, but spend much of their time outdoors. 2 of them are mighty hunters, and the other 3 can, and have, brought down a mouse or two. All 5 of them will go to great lengths to avoid the chickens. My first rooster was a small Hamburg, but he made sure those cats...
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    What breed should I choose?

    Thanks everybody. I'll need to do some research into all the breeds suggested. Of course, I should never have come here asking - I now want all of them!
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