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    Barnevelder & Light Brahma Hatching Eggs for Sale!!!

    I would like to put these hatching eggs under a bird that has been broody for about a week. Would this work?
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    Broody Bird causing other Hens not to Lay or Lay Elsewhere?

    Yes, that is what I *thought* was going on . . . but it is not the case! I checked under her yesterday expecting to find a stack, but I only found one. One thing is that the coop is a little dirtier than I usually keep it, sometimes they will lay elsewhere in protest when that happens?
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    Broody Bird causing other Hens not to Lay or Lay Elsewhere?

    I have one Cochin Bantam that has gone broody. I don't even know if the ONE egg she is sitting on is fertile, but my guess is no, because my Rooster is not that old (though he is full size already). Plus I just haven't seen him at 'work', kwim? So whatev, fine, let her be broody, but since she...
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    Extermely weird Egg Problem. :(

    So far my hens have laid two thin shelled eggs. Like there is no shell at all. I found the first one intact, and the second one was broken. What could be causing this??? I think it might be both from the same bird, since I found them both in the same nest box.
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    Breeding in the Mixed Flock

    Right now I am raising up some LB chicks. I have 1 rooster with some hens. But I just got 3 GWyndottes and 2 Cochin Bantams. I would like to breed the Light Brahmas someday but for now I am thinking I could get a GW rooster. When the LBs are ready to go outside does the GW roo have to go to...
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    To those who did NOT or will not vaccinate

    It is amazing all these posts and not one lists the actual ingredients. I have no problem with the idea of vaccination, but I think the way we do it to animals and people is hopelessly crude and backwards. What fool decided to inject people with mercury and aluminum in the first place. And...
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    To those who did NOT or will not vaccinate

    USDA Guy: If you can post the ingredients to those vaxes and they don't contain Aluminum, Mercury (Thimerisol), or Formaldehyde, I'll vax my chicks right now. If they do contain those chemicals, then you couldn't pay me enough to do it. I will be eating their eggs if not their flesh someday...
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    The evils of NAIS

    Well, first pets, then livestock, then people. They'd love to track us too, and keep all our permanent records in a findable spot. There are credible reports of injection site tumor. Violates informed consent, even by animal owners, IMO. I would never chip my Dog. The Bible sayeth what it...
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    Transporting Chickens

    Help! I have to transport 5 laying hens tonight with a Chicken Tractor I am getting! How do I do this? We will move the tractor on a pick-up, but I am thinking 60 mph on a highway will be so COLD for the hens right? Do I put them in the backseat? (We do live in the South so there is that . . . )...
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    For your own peace of mind please read

    Has anyone even read the ingredients on this vaccine? Probably it has aluminum or mercury or some other undesirable in it. Unless they just save those for our children. I would think that if you plan to eat your chicks or get eggs from them, it would be worth knowing if you are injecting them...
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    Just lost a Chick!

    We just lost our first chick. Are there any herbs we can add to their feed to promote chick health? We are using unmedicated feed, but would love to supplement with herbs. <3
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    Hi there! Brand new Chick mama in NC!

    Hi there! I am so excited to join this forum. My family and I just got Light Brahma chicks tonight. They are precious! We have 12, they are 4 days old. My sense is that there are 8 hens and 4 roosters, but it is too soon for me to be able to tell! <3 I am brand new, so I will need lots of...
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