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    Ended Official BYC 2021 Summer Fair—Guess When BYC Will Reach 450,000 Members!

    9/19/2021 3 PM
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    I need to kill my roo and i cant do it

    I have not tried the following method to tame an aggressive rooster but I found it a real possibility since animals have authority structures.
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    how long can a broody hen be off her eggs?

    I too am learning from this thread and thank you all. It is our second experience with brooding hens, the first not ending positively. This time it seems to be going better; however, we have one hen brooding that we separated from the flock and then another starting sitting and we hadn't gotten...
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    Getting hen to brood eggs

    I have a question along the line of hoping a hen will brood. Has anyone had a hen stop and start? We had one sit on eggs for about 5 days, then one day she moved to another nest box, the same day she moved back to the first next box, then she quit altogether. Is this normal? She is an...
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    what to do about broody hen eating her fertilized eggs?

    I am so grateful to hear this. This is our first broody and we were excited to hatch some chicks, but I didn't seclude her and one by one her eggs disappeared and I've found two or three opened shells - no development, just runny egg.
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    what to do about broody hen eating her fertilized eggs?

    We have been using this trap, having a lot of mice in the coop. It worked very well except that they were dead not live in the trap. Not very humane but it kept them from the feed. And the hens could not get into it and be hurt.
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    Thank you for the welcome!

    We have about 15 chickens, mostly Australorps, and look forward to interacting with other chicken owners.
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