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    Broody Hen no Rooster

    Wow, I'm hoping the tone that your comment is sending is me just misreading it because it sure sounds like I'm getting lecture on something. She hasn't been sitting in the coop for 4 months straight. We've been trying to get her to stop. I go out every day and boot her out of the coop, to...
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    Broody Hen no Rooster

    I have a hen that wont stop trying to hatch eggs when we have no rooster. We've been fighting with her for 4 months now. We thought we'd lost her to a fox when my husband found her 3 weeks later hiding in our barn trying to hatch eggs. Shes breaking my heart So I was going look into getting her...
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    Two Week Old Chicks

    Our one hen Nugget decided to go broody and I let her nest on eggs. Out of the six eggs she had, she hatched 2! They are currently living in our garage in a horse trough because I feel better keeping the chicks safe from the rest of the flock for now. We were lucky enough to just acquire an...
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    Best Seeds for Fodder

    Before I know, it's going to be winter where I live and I'm interested in trying to grow fodder for my hens this winter since it lasts so long around here. I am completely new to this and was wondering what is the best seed to buy. I searched Amazon and so much comes up I wasn't sure what is...
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    Rhode Island Reds

    That's a cockerel isn't it? We bought sexed female chicks from Tractor Supply but I think they missed one....
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    Happy Ducks?

    Anyone know what kind of ducks they are by chance? We just got them from Tractor Supply and the lady told me, they just get random ducks.
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    Happy Ducks?

    I'm not sure my ducks are very happy. They live in our chicken coop with our chickens and they never seem to "bed down" at night. I've gone out at night to check on everyone before I close them in and the hens will be all roosted up for the night and my ducks are standing in the corner, no...
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    Chickens Attacking Others

    This makes me feel better! We have 4 hens and have had 2 of them for 3 years and have never seen any of them molting like this.
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    Chickens Attacking Others

    Do their attitudes change too? She's the only one doing this and she is hiding in the coop even when I let them out to free range. Our one hen is kind of a queen bee and keeps everyone else in line but I haven't heard much noise from them.
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    Chickens Attacking Others

    Hello! I have 4 hens that have been together for over a year now but over the last few days in the morning I've noticed feathers all through the coop. Well it appears our one big gray hen is getting attacked by either one or all of the other hens. She's missing her feathers on her chest and...
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    Deep litter method

    I can do this in the run? Our girls area is dirt and right now it's basically mud with all the rain we're getting. If I pile a layer of leaves, wood chips, pine needles (which we have plenty of all 3 of those in our yard) it'll help with the wet mucky smell out there?
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    Deep litter method

    How do you start this method? Is there a "base" that is good to start with?
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    I'm from Warren County!!! I just have a small flock of 5.
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    Help! Hen "laid" something weird!

    Ok, I was just worried that something might be wrong with one of the girls. As long as it doesn't sound like one of them is pushing organs out of her body haha.
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    Help! Hen "laid" something weird!

    but what about the liquid sac the egg was in? The egg was actually inside of another sac.
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