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    Hens aggressive with chick(s)

    Well things have gotten worse. Is it possible that hens can be jealous? As I mentioned before, I separated Ms. Brown with her chick and remaining eggs into a kennel that I left in the coop. Three more of the eggs hatched out, one seemed to have died shortly after hatching. The other two were...
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    Candling Outside During the Day

    My hens did this as well. Each night that I closed up the coop I would check to see if they were on their nests. First night that I noticed a hen on the nest I started counting out the 21 days and the hatch date was right on.
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    Candling Outside During the Day

    I took eggs into another another shed next to my coop to candle them using a flashlight app on my phone. Marked the ones that were obviously developing with an X on the end. The ones that were possibly developing just farther behind I drew a ring around the egg so they would be easy to identify...
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    Hens aggressive with chick(s)

    I am having issues with my 5 dark Brahma hens that I need help resolving. Sorry, this will be a little long. Ms. Brown is the low hen in the flock, she gets picked on a lot but she was the first hen to show signs of being broody. Ms. Bossy, the top hen, decided that she was going to take over...
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    Caring for Hen hatched Chicks?

    I have Dark Brahma hens that are hatching their first clutches of eggs. The chicks that started hatching Monday night/Tuesday morning. Their mamas are caring for them but I wanted to know if I should still provide them with chick starter feed or will the hens make sure that they get the food...
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    Feeding Chicks hatched by Hens?

    I have Dark Brahma hens that are hatching their first clutches of eggs. The chicks that started hatching Monday night/Tuesday morning. Their mamas are caring for them but I wanted to know if I should still provide them with chick starter feed or will the hens make sure that they get the food...
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    Hen taking eggshells?

    My previous experience with raising chicks was meat birds so this is my first time of raising egg layers and allowing them to hatch out eggs. I currently have 5 Dark Brahma hens three have gone broody and are currently hatching their first clutches of eggs. Yesterday morning I went to check my...
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    Broody Hen?

    I have gone from one possible broody hen to three confirmed. :) I checked all of the eggs today with my first attempt at candling and it looks like they are between 11 - 14 days of development. Which falls right about the time I stopped collecting eggs from them. So with any luck I may have some...
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    Broody Hen?

    We have only been living in our home just over a year when I decided we were getting chickens. My family got together and ordered 30 chicks and since I wasn't sure if we would have an issue with predators at our new home I ordered 10 Dark Brahma, 4 males and 6 females. I allowed my niece to take...
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    OHio ~ Come on Buckeyes, let me know your out there!

    Hello from Brown County, Chio
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    Broody Hen?

    With the days getting longer and nicer here in southern Ohio I have started giving my Brahmas the run of the yard during the day instead of keeping them locked in the run. I have noticed that four of my hens and the two roosters will wander around the yard, out of concern I have gone looking for...
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    New Member Introduction

    Hi, I'm Tamara I've known about BYC for about a year but recently decided to join because I have never had egg layers before and I have some questions. When I was younger we raised Cornish Cross chickens so I do have some experience raising chickens. I currently have 7 Dark Brahmas who will be a...
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