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    How to serve calcium and grit?

    I just add it to their food. I assume they can free-choice feed out of that. Is that bad? I figure that that's how they would get it if they were free ranging, eating bugs and rocks as they pecked at other things.
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    Won't stop brooding

    Thanks for your help, everyone. I've got some things to try this week and we'll see how it goes :)
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    Won't stop brooding

    Should the fact that we are six weeks in, rather than just starting, change my approach any? Is she more likely set in her ways? More likely ready to give us this nonesense?
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    Won't stop brooding

    Is the key point keeping her away from her nest or dropping her body temperature? I don't have a separate space prepared. Do you think locking her in the run for a few days would be enough of a disruption to her routine to break her?
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    Won't stop brooding

    I think she is getting thinner, but I'm not sure what 'too thin' looks like. If I drop food in front of her, she eats it. I force her to go out and play sometimes. She seems to act pretty normally once she's outside. I'll lock her away from her nest tomorrow night and see if that helps. You...
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    Won't stop brooding

    Hi all, I have a one year old Jersey Giant who's been brooding in the corner of the coop since July 2nd (6 weeks). In the last few weeks I have read all about how I should have broken her of her broodiness right away. I'm not very good at going back and changing the past though, so my...
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