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    Bragging on Hazel!

    Meet my five year old hen, Hazel. I got her free off Craigslist two years ago from a woman who waS downsizing her flock. Hazel was “voted off the island” because her owner said she wasn’t laying anymore. Well, I discovered that was was still laying, and after being broody for two months this...
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    Dead chicks in the shell, but out of the nesting box

    So I just read on another thread that broody hens will steal each other’s eggs, and I realized that is what’s happening. My senior hen had six eggs under her when we got back from vacation. Two ended up outside the box with dead chicks, and I checked her a few minutes ago, and she was sitting on...
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    Dead chicks in the shell, but out of the nesting box

    My five-year old Marans has been persistently broody for almost two months and I kept removing the eggs, but we went on vacation three weeks ago, and came home to find her sitting on six eggs. I left them for her, figuring at her age, this might be her last hurrah. The other day, I found an...
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    My sweet cockerel is getting aggressive. How do I nip it in the bud?

    Thanks for your thoughts and advice. I realized, after reading some similar posts, that some of the problem may be the way I’m feeding the flock. We used to have a poultry feeder so the chickens had free access all day, but last winter, I ditched it because sparrows were emptying it out; we were...
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    My sweet cockerel is getting aggressive. How do I nip it in the bud?

    I have two EE cockerels, about 12 weeks old. One is the dominant one in their relationship, but he’s shy with us. The other one has been a sweetie, and comes to us to be picked up and held. Suddenly, in the last two days, he’s now going after our ankles! How do I stop this behavior? I don’t...
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    Little Roo with Injured Foot

    He is doing well! I think he will always have a limp, but he is getting around the yard just fine, and keeps up with his brother. Every day I notice him putting a little more weight on his injured foot. He’s a sweet boy; he will come up to me so that I will pick him up and hold him.
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    Little Roo with Injured Foot

    Yesterday morning, I was shooing my two spoiled little cockerels out an exterior door (they want to be house chickens), and just as I was closing it, Basil made a dash to get back inside. I heard a squawk and immediately realized some part of him had been caught in the door for an instant. He...
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    New feed, and my flock is being picky!

    Thank you for the advice to try fermenting the feed. They LOVE it! I am swarmed by the entire flock every time I step out the door.
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    New feed, and my flock is being picky!

    Thank you! I’ve never done fermenting before, but that was another thought I had, if only to soften the peas up.🙂
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    New feed, and my flock is being picky!

    I had the same thought...I’ve been a pushover so far, and refilled when they come begging!
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    New feed, and my flock is being picky!

    I stumbled upon really nutritious sounding layer feed produced at a local goat farm, and because I’m trying to support small businesses, I’m giving it a try with my flock. They are used to layer pellets from the feed store, but this feed is chock-full of yummy stuff. Only, they refuse to eat the...
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    Do you know what breed this chick is?

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    Do you know what breed this chick is?

    I love roosters! My two roosters are brothers, and they’re Dutch Bantams (or mostly). They get along with each other, and their smaller size is easier on my hens (all full-size breeds). But the two cockerels, which are looking like EEs, are precious! They are out with the others all over the...
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    Do you know what breed this chick is?

    Yes, I knew they were brown leghorns. I have a hen that I got as a chick last summer. She’s a “wild” girl. I’m hoping that these three will be a little tamer. I would have rather had some of the other breeds that the seller was offering, but my husband can’t resist the “chipmunks.” 😁 I’m happy...
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    Do you know what breed this chick is?

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    Do you know what breed this chick is?

    No, not good husband! I have 14 hens, and two roosters. And last week, I purchased two seven-weekers who have turned out to be cockerels, not the pullets they were advertised as. 😂 I was NOT wanting chicks. But they are cute, so what can you do? 🤷🏼‍♀️
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    Do you know what breed this chick is?

    Sorry! I’ll make it a little easier...I’ve attached the list of breeds that the seller was offering. I also have a pale yellow chick. I assumed it was a white leghorn, but the seller texted my husband that it is a New Hampshire or a Buff Orpington. Maybe this little girl is one of those breeds...
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    Do you know what breed this chick is?

    My husband surprised me with five chicks yesterday. Three are brown leghorns, one is a white leghorn, and then there’s this little girl. Do you know what breed she is?
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    Seven-week old chicks...breeds...gender?

    That’s what I was afraid of. Any speculation on the breed(s)? My chicken FB groups is going with EE on the red one, and several opinions on the black and white one.
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    Seven-week old chicks...breeds...gender?

    I bought these cuties yesterday from someone on Craigslist. He said he didn’t know the breeds, claims they are pullets, but I’m not sure of that either. Any thoughts?
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