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    Comment by 'Rudys Flock' in item 'Easter Eggers'

    We have a Rooster, 4 months old, his beak isn't crossed but he can't close his mouth. He is our biggest bird, I think because he only eats out of the feeders, He tries to peck around the yard but doesn't get much, we give them a treat of bread every morning, he can't hang on to it. I feel...
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    Baby Chicks

    We are looking to replace our chickens, we are in Alabama and would like a hatchery close so they don't have to travel far. Any suggestions?
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    Comment by 'Rudys Flock' in item '1 Gallon Poultry Waterer'

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    Comment by 'Rudys Flock' in item '1 Gallon Poultry Waterer'

    We have a large 5 gallon galvanized water can, we fill it twice a week, We hang it just low enough for the large chickens to drink. It is in the shade and the water stays clean and cool. Problem, too heavy to carry very far. We have the smaller ones for the baby chicken and they do have to...
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    TOO many broody hen

    Thanks for the reply, my husband has gotten creative, he is going to make a screen from hardware cloth to block off a section of the house. It is actually 12'X12' and there is plenty of room, I may still put the larger chicks in the big house I don't want them in the chicken yard yet they...
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    TOO many broody hen

    I had 4 hens and 2 roosters. I now have 2 Broody houses with little runs for each and a hen in each one with 4 chicks. 1 set of chicks are 3 weeks old the other is 4 days old. Now my problem I also have a hen that has gone broody in the big chicken coop. Her eggs could hatch any day. WHAT...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Babies are sooo cute, I hope we get some this time. I have another question, we have a broody box, with a small cage about 3'X4' but our hen is in the big coop, should we mover her now or wait until the eggs hatch. My husband wants to wait, I want to move her now.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thanks, I appreciate the reply, last year we had one go broody and we couldn't break her she had 2 egg and sat for 6 weeks. we eventually bought 6 babies from a local farmer (newly hatched) put them under her and she was delighted. I guess now we will just wait and see what happens.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have a broody, she is on her nest all day except first thing in the morning when we unlock the house. She gets out with the rest of the flock, to eat get water then right back in to her nest. I read that when hens go broody they will stop laying eggs. Well when she started to stay on the...
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    Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

    They do that for the Rooster's benefit. If you don't have a rooster they probably think your one.
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    Young hens being broody

    I have 4 hens and 2 roosters. We got 12 baby chicks and this is what we have left. We have a lot of trouble with hawks so my husband built a little completely closed in pin for them and put a little house on the back, any way those chicks are not about 7 months old and very good layers I...
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    Chickens not laying

    The chickens are about 20 months old now, they molted around the end of July and August, but they are all looking good now. As far as diet we feed them layers pellets, some scratch and they seem to be addicted to sunflower seeds which we give as a snack or treat then they follow my husband...
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    Chickens not laying

    I have 7 chickens 6 hens They were great last fall and winter even into this spring we had lots of eggs. But we haven't had an egg since the first week of July. They did molt, but are beautiful. They seem to be healthy, they roam the yard, dig in the garden and do all the funny things...
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    Active Jersey Giant Rooster

    I have a beautiful Rooster, silver on his legs, chest and belly, and long black feathers on his wings and tail and he is really large, All of our chickens are about 2 years old. We started with 10 hens but we only have 6 now. I think maybe my rooster needs more ladies. He is tearing these...
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    My dog is getting fat

    They don't hang around the coop much. Only when they follow me out to gather eggs. Then I can watch them. The rest of the day they are out roaming the yard, They just like the chicken snacks they find around the yard. I may have to pen my chickens up again, but they sure seem to enjoy...
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