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    Okay, forget "lockdown". It should be day 21 and I just put the eggs into my Nesco. . . .

    Roaster. Now what do I do. How we got here: My Australorp hen, Hilda went broody and sat on a clutch of two chicken eggs and two wooden eggs. The day I noticed her setting, I removed the wooden eggs and inserted three eggs from that day's laying. She has sat and cared for the eggs until day...
  2. Linn Bee

    Spur or de-spur? That is the question.

    Just read the thread on a rooster, Smokey, who killed a hawk. That led me to question whether it is a good idea or not to remove the rooster's spurs. My Monte has been a perfect gentleman around the grandkids and me, so I have no reason to fear his spurs, but I've read how to de-spur a roo and...
  3. Linn Bee

    This is eggs-actly what I feared.

    There must be a place to put this. I can't be the only one who has done this. I have been collecting eggs since my first one on October 30. In the past 50 days I have gathered 25 dozen eggs from my 10 hens. Fifty days! 25 dozen eggs! It finally happened! I went out late in the afternoon to feed...
  4. Linn Bee

    One more ventilation question. How much humidity is too much?

    Hum-m-m-m. I don't know if I've ever seen what level of humidity was safe. I would take out my humidity gauge out to the coop, but aside from the true moisture level I don't know what I'd learn. Guess I'll ask the old timers where the humidity should be. Okay! How much humidity is too much...
  5. Linn Bee

    Bad chicken farmer = good rewards

    I feel so quilty! I was 'playing' with the light timers in my coop yesterday to allow for about 13 hours of daylight. I made a mistake and accidently left the timer in the 'on' position rather in timer mode. As a result, my poor babies had 24 hours of daylight. Also, as a result, I collected...
  6. Linn Bee

    Bloody roost this morning

    It looks like there is a lot of blood smeared on both of my roosts this morning. I checked everyone out and no one seems to be injured. Everyone was up and around eager to get outside when I opened the door. I did feed some of the last garden beets yesterday, but that would have been seen in...
  7. Linn Bee

    Rooster fight for "Head' status.

    Rooster 'zero', granddaughter 'one'. We had planned to butcher our Australorp roo a few weeks back. Separated him for butchering three times that never arrived. The last day we were to butcher the black roo, our light Brahma rooster took several chunks out of my granddaughter and we made a...
  8. Linn Bee

    Just crowing about my hens

    I got my first egg on Sunday, Oct. 30. My 10 'girls' have slowly been adding to that count over the past two weeks. Yesterday my granddaughter and I were so excited that we got a record 8 eggs. Today that record is broken with 9 eggs! That brings me to 5 dozen eggs in two weeks. Such a...
  9. Linn Bee

    New member just found BYC in south-est, central-est Wisconsin

    Greetings to all! I am Linnae, a retired educator who lives with spouse (of 41 years) on 30 acres in south-est, central-est Wisconsin. I had experience with chickens as a child on Aunt Claris' farm and when I purchased 100 leghorn cockerels about 25 years ago. Ended up with lots of processed...
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