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    Broody Hens sharing the one nesting box

    thanks midget_farms, i decided to put the 11 month old cross breed hen in the seperate enclosure tonight with the eggs, the nesting box in there is the same size i even used the same shavings, but she would not stay there and very unhappy. So i tried with the australorp broody and same response...
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    blue, green, red Coloured chicks how do people do this, is it safe!

    How are people getting chicks to turn funky colours when they are young like blues,greens reds etc, do they put food colouring or food dye in there water, i want to know if its safe for little chookies cause it would be a great treat for people to see at Easter time as its not far away. Im...
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    Mice?

    yeah i have had a problem with mice and rats in Tasmania also, it seems as soon as there is chickens there is rodents, i made sure i never ever put food in the coop and feed my chooks outside, i even fenced off a little corner of my run and put traps in there and got 36 rats in one week i was...
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    Female chicken MATING with other female CHICKENS!

    wow i was going to agree with "crtrlovr" i thought hens only did that when there was no rooster around, i had a new hampshire hen that used to do that and it was very obvious she was the matriarch of my flock but it stopped when i got my first rooster, from what i have read it is normal for a...
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    Broody Hens sharing the one nesting box

    Hi fellow chickeneers, much to my delite my 11 month old cross breed hen has decided to go broodie and has been for 6 days now, she is very tollerant of my other hens laying eggs under or next to her, but for some reason my australorp hen about same age as cross breed has decided to share the...
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    Hi From Australia

    Wow Thankyou everyone for such a warm welcome!
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    Hi From Australia

    Hi to everyone on here, i come from Tasmania a little island under Australia "where the Tasmanian devil comes from", i have had chookies now for 18 months and enjoy the hobby, see you on the forums. Regards Matt
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