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    No eggs for a month, now rubber eggs or "deflated" eggs?

    The strange thing is, when the egg hatched, all four hens just stopped laying. I am hoping that the rubbery eggs was just from their system "starting up" again. Could that be?
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    No eggs for a month, now rubber eggs or "deflated" eggs?

    We allowed our broody hen to hatch and raise a baby chick, it's doing great and growing fast! She is a good mother and very protective. For about a month, while the chick was very small... none of our hens were laying. We don't know if momma was chasing them out of the box, or if the weather...
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    New baby chick, broody mom... one crushed chick :(

    Thanks all We separated Blacktail (the mama) and her baby, hoping that all goes well tonight.
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    New baby chick, broody mom... one crushed chick :(

    We finally have our first baby chick, it hatched today successfully. There had been two eggs in the box. The first egg got "crushed" or trampled, we're not sure by which chicken or why. The second egg... when it started hatching we brought it into the house and carefully watched it and kept...
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    First harvest, very little meat and tough

    This is all so new to me but I am sure that the end result will be the self-sufficiency and better-for-me meals I am trying to attain Thank you all so much for your very helpful advice and info. I have had farm-raised, "country" food chicken before (not from the store) and I know it can taste...
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    First harvest, very little meat and tough

    As hot, humid and "buggy" as it has been here these past few weeks, I felt that hanging the bird even for 20 minutes would result in the meat going bad. I hung the bird just long enough to let the blood drain out and immediately brought it in. The carcass was HOT. I had to run it under cold...
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    First harvest, very little meat and tough

    Thanks everybody. The more I read, the more I think it was the bird's age, and she was also stressed (picked on by the other hens and just coming off a broody cycle). She had gotten skinny when she wasn't eating and I was trying to get her off the nest. Just not a happy-go-lucky chicken, she...
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    First harvest, very little meat and tough

    To salvage, I took all of the breast meat, chopped it up and I'm going to try to slow cook it tomorrow in a cajun stew. Probably will come out great, but thanks! What did people used to before refrigeration, I wonder... when it comes to letting the meat rest?
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    First harvest, very little meat and tough

    Hi all, Well we decided to cull one of our Rhode Island Reds, she was about 18 months old and had a bad habit of escaping and running off into the woods. We didn't want her to teach any of the new hens that bad habit. Killed her with an axe, let the blood drain, and immediately plucked and...
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    Bad-smelling chicken

    How did you treat the mites?
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    Bad-smelling chicken

    Thank you so much. Now I know what to look out for. So far I haven't seen any discharge from her nostrils or labored breathing. And her eyes look good. She may have just been "dumpster diving" so I'm definitely going to try the bath first. It wouldn't hurt. Those birds arrived so dirty.
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    Bad-smelling chicken

    Oh dear. What is corzya?
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    Bad-smelling chicken

    Hey all, We recently got four new hens. I was disappointed when they were dropped off. They weren't in the best of shape when we got them; all had leg mites and were skinny and dirty and had been living in a cage that was coated with droppings. So far they are doing better, putting on some...
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    2 SLW pullets & 2 Production Red pullets for sale $7 each No ship WV

    How far are you from Tazewell, Va and do you have any of these left?
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    Wanting Plymouth Rock hens or pullets, Tazewell VA area

    Anyone selling Plymouth Rock hens or pullets? I need 2-3 more egg layers. I'm in Tazewell County, VA and would prefer to just pick them up over shipping. Contact me? Thanks
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