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    As of last week I am back in the chicken business when I picked up 8 Isa Browns. Unfortunately...

    As of last week I am back in the chicken business when I picked up 8 Isa Browns. Unfortunately the birds are in poor shape. They were advertised as 11 month old birds but they look pretty haggard and most likely toward the end of their prime. Is there an equivalent to human Geritol that you...
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    Australorp Broody Problem

    Hello. I have found out that they will lay again after the solitary confinement cure but will take the same numbers of days to lay as they were broody before the cure.
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    Australorp Broody Problem

    Hello Flock Master You were right. My broody Australorps went back to laying after the cure and the same length of time they had been broody. They had been broody for 2 weeks and then underwent solitary confinement for 3 days and then returned to the flock but did not start laying for a little...
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    Australorp Broody Problem

    Hello, I started raising chickens about 7 weeks ago. I got six pullets, 4 Isa Browns and 2 Australorps. Several weeks ago I went on vacation and had a chicken sitter for a week. When I got back, the 2 Aussies had gone broody so I looked up the cure and after having them in isolation each for 3...
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    Newbie from Michigan Thumb Area

    Australorp Broodyness. It's been 2 weeks and still no eggs. Perhaps I used the wrong method. I isolated them one ata a time in an ample sized wire cage off the ground with food and water for exactly 3 days. They then each went back to the flock no problem, but no eggs.
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    Newbie from Michigan Thumb Area

    Hello, I am recently retired and have always wanted to raise chickens. Six weeks ago I picked up 6 pullets. Four Isa Browns, and 2 Australorps. They have done spendidly except when I went away on vacation for a week and had a chicken sitter take over, the 2 Aussies went broody. I have cured...
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