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    Wonderchickens Member Page

    OK so this is my first attempt at my page: A couple of pics to start and I'll go from there ;) So here's the "Chilton Hotel"...lol. 2 story chicken condo w/ attached run. It's made with privacy fencing on 3 sides so there is enough spacing between the boards to allow for plenty of ventilation...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: I'm sooo sorry!!! I hope she goes broody again for you!! Thanks Madgabmomma. I need a few hugs tonight Funny ...hens right back on the roost next to her boyfriend tonight like nothing happened. Guess I'm the only one who's not happy about this..lol!
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    Broody tips and hints?

    Here is a thread that may help ;o) https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=457488
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Congrats on your first hatch! I was hoping for my first on 05/06 and my hen came off her nest today and would not go back on. She had started w/ 5 eggs then one went bad. She did fine with that. Then today I went out and she is standing out of the nest squawking with a broken, bloody egg shell...
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    Bullseye eggs?

    Quote: Interesting read. I give a layer feed and free choice calcium and have not had thin shells, so I don't think such is the case here. As far as the pattern on the egg, I am thinking more along the lines that the hen got interrupted while laying the egg just as the speckling function was...
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    Bullseye eggs?

    TYVM everyone. I am getting ready to eat that egg right now...mmmm
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    Bullseye eggs?

    Anyone??
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    Bullseye eggs?

    Any idea how this happened? And, what causes the external pigmentation in speckled patterns? TYVM!
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    poison?

    Quote: Just a word of caution: according to my local vet: like horses, chickens do not have the ability to throw up.
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    -5 expected with 12 to 20 inches of snow/sleet in the next 36 hours

    Everyone is snuggled in for the night. Warm mash of layer feed, sweet potato, broccoli, cheese and hb eggs w/ shells to fill their tums (and a prayer). Petroleum jelly covering everything that doesnt have feathers. Stapled cardboard to cover outside walls except one wall is only bottom half...
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    Yikes! -17 deg Tues night! How to keep coop warm enough?

    Everyone is snuggled in for the night. Warm mash of layer feed, sweet potato, broccoli, cheese and hb eggs w/ shells to fill their tums (and a prayer). Petroleum jelly covering everything that doesnt have feathers. Stapled cardboard to cover outside walls except one wall is only bottom half...
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    -5 expected with 12 to 20 inches of snow/sleet in the next 36 hours

    telehillco wrote: --adding gallon+ jugs of hot water. These should release heat relatively slowly and add a bit of warmth, though they certainly won't last all night. Awesome idea! Thanks! I will keep that in mind tonight for inside the roost if they seem to have trouble with the temps...
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    Should I move my freezing chickens?

    Quote: Awesome idea! Thanks! I will keep that in mind tonight for inside the roost if they seem to have trouble with the temps getting too low. I only have 5 chickens, but the roost is only 4'wide x 4'long x 3' tall in front graduates to 2' in back so adding a jug or two might just be perfect...
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    What do you fed your chickens?

    I feed free choice a complete layer feed, scratch, calcium and grit. Everything is in their covered run and the heated waterer is in the insulated lower level of the coop. They don't care much to come out of the run to free range when the ground is covered w/ snow but as soon as small patches...
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    -5 expected with 12 to 20 inches of snow/sleet in the next 36 hours

    The rain has stopped. It's 25degrees now so what is coming down is frozen. I don't have corregated, just flat cardboard boxes. My concern is the humidity that may build if I close up the small gaps between boards so am hoping the cardboard will absorb. I will also be putting petroleum jelly on...
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