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    I don't know much about broody hens... help?

    You can't make a hen broody but you can encourage her by leaving eggs in a nest. The sight and feel of a large clutch under her will help her instinct kick in to go broody. Be sure to put the eggs where you want her to be broody so you don't have to move her risking ending her broody mood. Good...
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    Bump or blister on hen

    Just had a thought.......it's not a blocked preen gland by any chance?
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    Bump or blister on hen

    I was kind of thinking the same. But then again I don't spend much time looking at my birds preen gland and surrounding area.
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    Expoding Egg

    Build up of gases in the egg from rotting.
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    Are cracked eggs bad eggs?

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=440510639312636&set=o.46741527579&type=1&theater This is a link to a picture on Facebook of a Muscovy egg that got severly damaged near to hatching. The duckling hatched out and is thriving. I was told to never interfere with eggs under a broody unless...
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    Are cracked eggs bad eggs?

    If it was me I'd leave it be. There is no harm as far as I know in leaving a recently stopped egg in the bator until you can tell it definately has stopped which may be when it smells rotten and sound full of water if shaken a little. Are you candling them? Look very closely for the slightest...
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    Easter Egger Rooster

    Yep, he just is showing you how sexy he is. I gave a cockerel (Chicken is his name) to a friend for a house warming gift a couple of years ago. He is a lovely looking bird and is fantastic with his hens and chicks. 100% free range and manages to protect his flock from the feral cats and Ravens...
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    egg production

    Make sure you have no egg-eaters. If the cockerels are giving the hens a hard time then the girlies may be too stressed to lay. 22 weeks I assume is their age? If so it may just be that they are simply not ready to lay yet and will start soon enough. The heat wave will have stressed them a bit too.
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    Post photos of your horses along with a story....

    I would love to train him to drive. Looking for a cart at the moment for him and my 2 standard fillies, not having any luck so far. Kirsch is had done as much as towed a kids sledge in the snow but can't find a harness small enough for him being 33.5" in height to work him yet. I do have a set...
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    Does all crowing sound the same?

    The first 6 chicks I hatched, 2 pullets, 4 cockerels, one tried to crow at 7 days old. I kid you not. When opening their box to check them in the morning 5 would cheep and the other would twitter. I wrote down his ring colour and listened to him every chance I could. He only did this noise in...
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    Young Roo and Young Hen Behaviors. What are they?

    Roos fight more when chicks. Pullets will fight but not for as long or as hard as the roos. That's the only thing I've noticed. Only had chickens for a couple of years though.
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    Post photos of your horses along with a story....

    This is me sitting on Toffee in 2002. He's a Shetland pony. My aunt June got Toffee as a yearling newly gelded in 2000. She broke him at 3 years old for my cousins to ride and I would also ride him when visiting in the school holidays. I made such a bond with him even though I only saw him for...
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    Kirsch and Toffee

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    Toffee

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    Toffee and Bobby

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  16. Riding Toffee 2002+

    Riding Toffee 2002+

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    Keep a word, drop a word!

    music book
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    MY hen

    This problem is called being egg bound. Warmth helps, or it did with my hen. I took her in and had her in a box with hay before the fire and left her too it. She passed an egg by the next morning. I took her home on my knee on the quad so don't know if the mile long trip had anything to do with...
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    Bump or blister on hen

    I may just be having a blonde moment here but I'm struggling to understand where exactly this lump is. Is it up on her back or under her tail? It kind of looks as if it's right on the tip of her Parson's nose. Am I right?
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    Buff Orpingtons- Good mothers?

    Hi I've never kept pure BOs myself but my first chicks were BO cross layer hybrids. Both pullets from that (incubator) hatch grew up to be excellent broodies, sitting for over 28 days on their first sit. I had them hatching out duck eggs. They were also superb mothers and I can only assume this...
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