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    Broody Hens Driving Me Nuts!

    We have ten hens in a coop with four nest boxes...same size each.. but two on top of the other two. The hens hate to lay in any nest other than the bottom left nest box. They will stand in line till one hen leaves to get to that box. Last Tuesday, one of the hens was sitting in the nest box...
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    Nothing is more fun than chickens and kids!!!

    My 7 year old Grandson LOVES our roosters. We were preparing for our first show at the Parish fair in Natchitoches, LA. We were planning to take our Rhode Island Red Rooster but noticed that he had 6 points on his comb instead of 5. We at first thought it would disqualified but later realized...
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    Warning! Canton, TX trade days

    Just want to give folks a heads up that you need to be very careful about buying birds in Canton, TX. I saw lots of folks that had nice chickens that appeared very well cared for...unfortunately for me...they did not have the breed that I wanted. I bought from a dealer that had a lot of birds...
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    Sick Chicken from Trade Days at Canton, TX

    Well, I am SO glad that this newby read up on introducing new birds to the flock before getting more. About two weeks ago, we went to the Canton, TX trade days. I was told this was a good place to find chickens of all types and since there aren't many breeders that I know about in Central...
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    Moving Hens to New Farm

    We recently purchased 9 hens that were laying very good...usually one egg per hen per day. These are our first hens and we are learning a lot. However, since the move there are only a couple of hens laying. We are feeding the same ration as the previous owners. They have their same rooster...
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    Newbie Has Dumb Question

    We breed horses and although I am not the one using the equipment...we have an incubator that is used during breeding season. It is idle right now though. It is a Sheldon Incubator Model 1510. It is a cabinet model. My dumb question is...what is the difference in this incubator and the ones...
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