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    Look at this! Egg inside of an egg!!

    my phone isn't cooperating too well! Anyway, I don't know the breed of hen this was, but guess its a maran cross.
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    Look at this! Egg inside of an egg!!

    Here is a pic of it. This is the only one she has laid. I don't knoe ehat breed of this
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    Look at this! Egg inside of an egg!!

    How crazy that 3 of us now have had this rare thing happen in the same approximate time period, one 4 times! It must either not be that rare, or something weird atmospherically, or something making it be less rare right now.
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    Look at this! Egg inside of an egg!!

    If you were addressing this to me, I tried to candle. I couldn't see anything since the shell is brown and seems thicker than usual. But I went ahead and cracked it open and sure enough, it had another egg inside!
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    Look at this! Egg inside of an egg!!

    Wow! I have a huge egg layed a week ago that resembles that one, except it is extra porous or has calcium build up on it. It has a big spot of dried blood on it from the poor hen, and looks about the size of a goose egg. I have been saving it to put in the incubator when it is empty in...
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    Coconut Pulp/Cocofeed

    If it were me, I would feed it in a separate dish/feeder. I guess experiment based on hoe quickly they eat the first batch. I don't know if free choice would be too much or not, but I would be tempted to try it.
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    Muscovy hen trying again

    Ijust found this thread, and it has been interesting since I have a first time broody muscovy setting on eggs, and today is day 37. She is rather protective and I am letting nature take it's course. Anyway, I bought chick starter and plan to offer it to mother and babies. I found a non...
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    The NEW Crazy 24hr AUCTION thread

    Why no shipping to Virginia?
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    i When I give them a couple days to make sure, do I take the eggs or leave them? The cross hen was off the nest last night and laid an egg (my only EE hen laying). The buckeye was still setting with one egg under her.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I think 2 of my hens are broody. I collect the eggs about 10pm before work, and the last few nights have reached under these 2 hens to get the eggs. Usually 3 or 4 under each one. Last night one pecked at me while I collected the eggs. So I think I should let one or both of them brood some...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Do you guys like to add a little food and water to the nest box to keep broody mama from getting too skinny? And do I need to move her to a bigger nestbox where she definitely won't have more eggs added? She has been quite protective and I haven't seen any other hens in her box or her out of...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Oops. Double post! Silly Droid!
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have a new broody, and wonder if I should let her continue this late in the year. We are having heavy frosts quite often now.... no snow yet, though. Still, it seems rather hard on her to continue as its getting colder?
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    is anyone going to the Roanoke tsc swap Saturday?

    I saw it posted on Craigslist but so far nothing on byc unless I missed it.
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    ~~Crazy 24hr Auction~~

    Quote: I bid $20.
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    Any danger of goat kids breeding before September?

    Thanks for all the answers! I saw my 5 week old Oberhasli/alpine buckling trying to have his way with a 3 month old doeling. I don't know if he could do the deed or not, even though he isn't even 2 months old. So I separated the doelings to be safe.
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    Any danger of goat kids breeding before September?

    Quote: I see you have boer goats, which also can breed anytime. I mostly have crosses of Nubian/alpine/oberhasli/saanen which in the adults only come into heat during season, similar to deer. I'm just wondering if the juveniles also come into heat like during puberty at 2 months, and then...
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    Any danger of goat kids breeding before September?

    I'm a bit confused. Goat breeding season is September to January or thereabouts. Kids can breed at 2 months old. So does this mean they can only breed when the season hits, or once right as they hit puberty, or anytime the first year? I know Nigerians and pigmies can breed any time, but my...
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