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    Here are some of our family members! Here is Johnny holding our very fresh rooster, Henry: Little Maggie's very first egg! She is a RIR - look at hers compared to the others! Yummy treats! They are so spoiled! Our very first egg! A few other members of our family.... Jessica and...
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    Can anyone in CT adopt a male Pekin?

    Anyone?
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    Can anyone in CT adopt a male Pekin?

    Hi. A good friend of mine rescued a beautiful full-grown male Pekin from a meat auction I had told her that I would take in another female but no more males, as I have 5 females and 2 males already. She doesn't know much about ducks and was told by someone from the Dept of Agriculture at the...
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    Will a hawk carry away a RIR?

    Oh I am SO RELIEVED!!! I just saw Rosie by the entrance of the coop! She had been hiding very well all this time!! So I only lost Maggie this week to the hawk - which is bad enough, but I thought that I had lost Rosie too. Not a feather out of place. Whew!
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    Will a hawk carry away a RIR?

    I know that I have some red-tailed hawks that have been around for years. Last Wednesday, my husband came home to a hawk in our yard trying to get one of our RIRs. He scared the hawk away, but our Maggie suffered a broken neck and only lived for about an hour I read several posts and kept my...
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    hawk ate one of my girls - help!!!!!!

    A red-tailed hawk just got my Maggie today She was a RIR. My DH came home from work and scared the hawk away. It was too late to save her. I am going to have my DH string up some CDs if he gets home from work when it's still light out (I get home after dark). I have 10 chickens and 8...
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    CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

    Count me in! I live in Stratford, so it will be easy to get there. I'm still new at this (only have been doing this for a year) and have so much to learn!
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    Candling eggs help!

    Thank you! We will get a better flashlight, wait a few more days and do it when it is completely dark (it wasn't totally dark when we did it). Keeping my fingers crossed!
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    Candling eggs help!

    Hi, We have our first broody hen and are very excited. We just moved her into a new, protected brooder box that is on the ground tonight. We also candled the eggs, which are 5 days old. We didn't see anything with 7 of these eggs. We could not see through our EE egg (green - too dark?). My...
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    CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

    Thanks - it is. The closest one to me is in Meriden, which is about 45 minutes away
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    CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

    Thank you so much, Chickie Mama di! I can't wait! We're moving mama into a box in a dog crate in the coop tomorrow - so hopefully nobody will fall out when they're hatched (she's still in the nesting box on the wall). We're going to candle them at the same time - very exciting! What is...
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    CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

    Thank you. I had a feeling. So I would use a non-medicated chick starter food? Unfortunately, my feed store does not offer organic chick starter (or grower) food - they only offer the organic layer pellets, which is what I use. Should I give her chick starter food now? I heard that it's...
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    CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

    My yard isn't very big (1/4 acre), but I would be more than happy to host it here in Stratford.
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    CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

    OK, I have something to post. One of my Buff Orphingtons has gone broody! We are excited, and a little nervous. We're still learning about how to take care of chickens and this is the very first time one of our hens went broody (they are only a year old). She has been sitting on 5 eggs since...
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    Should I leave my broody hen in coop w/other hens

    Thank you so much!!
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    Should I leave my broody hen in coop w/other hens

    That makes a lot of sense. Thanks. I keep checking to catch a time when she is off the nest... I have no idea how many eggs are under her. There is no way I am sticking my hand in that box! In general, what percentage of eggs usually hatch? How many eggs would be too much for a Buff...
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    Should I leave my broody hen in coop w/other hens

    Quote: What would happen if I didn't get to mark them?
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    Should I leave my broody hen in coop w/other hens

    Hi, I'm new at this as well. My chickens are 15 months old and I believe that one of my Buff Orphingtons is broody. I noticed several days ago that she would not leave the nesting box for the entire day and when I went near it to gather other eggs, she growled at me. But she did roost with...
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    CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

    I'm looking forward to it and that date works great for us!
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    CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

    Oh, I'm really wishing I had a bater right now! We are so in love with our 2 little ducklings we got at the Chickenstock and would love to get a few more! They are so very cute and a whole lotta fun - even more than the chickens! They are following me around the yard now -- I love it! I'm...
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