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    Doin' the dip

    We used grass clippings for a while. It worked well, have used cedar shavings(which we use for our guinea pig cage), and they work great too.....but, the grass clippings are sooo much cheaper!! Good luck. As for laying in the nest.....we locked ours up in their hen-house every evening and let...
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    Fertile eggs vs. Non-Fertile eggs

    Oh, okay....thanks.
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    Fertile eggs vs. Non-Fertile eggs

    I have one RIR hen, (not sure of her age) who lays one large brown egg a day. How do I know if the egg is okay to eat? I have rigged a "candling system" but don't know what I am looking for since the egg is brown and hard to see through. She isn't going any where near broody, so I sorta gave up...
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    Texas

    Thanks GamGam.....Loving it!!!
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    Texas

    Thanks, RachaelS....I did know about freezing the water bottles as we did that when we had our rabbits and remember how they loved it!!! Didn't think about the screen, though...will give it a try. They like to scratch out holes in the ground under a huge Cypress tree in the yard and I started...
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    when do chickens get broody?

    Awesome, thank you for the advise....I will do just that. See, this is why I love this site!!
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    Texas

    I am new to the BYC community and have 2 RIRs, A rooster and hen. Adopted them so I don't know their age, but "Betty" lays an egg a day so far(only had them 3 weeks now), hoping that one day she may go broody and we will have chicks. She is still not letting me touch her, but eats out of my...
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    when do chickens get broody?

    I want my RIR to go broody already, I want baby chicks....I don't think that she is going to, though. She has laid 14 eggs(an egg a day now) and not sitting on them. My husband says to leave them and she will go broody when she is ready, to be patient. I think that the eggs are bad by now and we...
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    How does your chicken like hugs?

    Awwwe....I want my hen and rooster to become more "huggable".....they still won't let me touch them. I finally have them eating out of my hand..but with caution and if I try to reach out slowly to them, they turn away. I know that one day, I might get them comfortable enough to handle, but not...
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    Shelless eggs

    Well, 3 days after starting the oyster shells and ACV in the water....we have a solid-shell egg!! Yes, it was sorta thin-shelled, but I think that we are on the right track. Also, I give them plain yogurt 3 times a week or so....they love it and it also helps with their digestion, gives them...
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    Will she brood?

    My RIR hen has 14 eggs in her nest now and was wondering if she will ever sit on and hatch them? I would love to have more chickens as her and the rooster are our only 2 chickens currently. Anyone know?
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    How do you know the age of your chickens?

    We recently adopted a RIR Rooster and hen and was wondering the same thing....about how old are they? Is there anything to go by at all?
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    chickens going into coop at night

    I put mine in the coop for 2 days letting them out just a few hours in the evening and on the 3rd day, they went to "bed" all by themselves....
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    Shelless eggs

    My RIR hen did this yesterday....will take the info given and try it.
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    New Rhode Island Red "Mom"

    Thanks everyone....we are in Rice, Texas. Very excited about this site and our chickens....
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    New Rhode Island Red "Mom"

    Thank You so much....have spent several hours on BYC and other sites, but come back here where I have found the most and best information! Thank you BYC for doing this....
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    New Rhode Island Red "Mom"

    Very excited to have rescued a Rooster and Hen from our neighbors a week ago(who thought it would be cool to also get a pit bull dog which attacked the rooster-he is fine now), we are sorta doing a "crash course" on making our backyard a healthy and SAFE place for the pair. Have fenced off a...
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