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    How long............???

    Hypothetical question.......... If I have a hen who JUST went broody today.......can I buy day-old chicks from Tractor Supply, and pop them under her NOW? In other words.......is just 1 or 2 or 3 days of being broody "enough time" for her to realize the chicks are hers to mother...............or...
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    Wheezing hen, advice please..........

    One of my Ameraucana hens began wheezing yesterday. She does this on inspiration and expiration, and then occasionally shakes her head and makes a clown-horn noise. I have her isolated. I put Vick's vaporub under her wings and under her nostrils. I am about to worm her with Ivomectrin. A friend...
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    Prior friends......now fighting!

    I have 2 young roos (Ameraucanas) who were raised together, and who prior to yesterday, were friends. Yesterday they were fighting (hackles up, going at it with spurs.....tho' no damage......chasing each other around the run, etc) Last night they were both in the coop with the girls, roosting...
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    Advice please, Little Giant heater base......

    Just bought a Little Giant heater base for my metal waterer.......but now I'm having fire concerns! My coop has many inches of 'dust-free' pine shavings on the floor. The actual "flooring" (below the shavings) is some sort of "pebbled", hard, white plastic composite material. I plan on...
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    4 week olds, outside with hen......heat needed?

    One of my hens has 3 chicks which are still with her (they are 4 weeks old)....... I know she'll be cutting the apron strings soon.....and I'm wondering if the chicks will be warm enough without her at night in the coop....without her body heat? They have been with the rest of the flock since...
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    Molting......or something else???

    One of my hens is missing feathers on her back, under her wings, and on the 'shoulder' area of her wings....... here's a few pics of her..... She is the ONLY hen who looks like this....... she is eating, drinking, pooping, and acting fine...she has 3 1/2 week old chicks, was broody for about...
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    Straw or hay????????????

    I've always thought 'hay' was okay as bedding in the coop..........and if the girls actually 'ate' some of it, that was fine. But, the other day, a friend who has chickens told me 'she' was told to always use STRAW in the coop....and NEVER hay..... that chickens won't eat straw, but might eat...
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    Funny broody behavior...........

    I had a hen who appeared to be going broody.........so I waited a couple days, then got her some fertile hatching eggs. The eggs arrived yesterday.......but now she does NOT appear to be broody!!!! (Last week she was always in the nest box, unless I removed the eggs.... this week, she is out...
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    Questionable broody??????????

    I ordered some hatching eggs for a hen I thought was going broody.......... well the eggs arrived today, and now I am not convinced of her broodiness after-all!! Do I hold the eggs off for a couple days, before putting them under her, to be 'sure' of her broodiness? Or do I put the eggs in her...
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    Internal layers???

    Can a hen, who is about 1 1/4 years old, and who has been laying eggs just fine up until about 2 months ago, be now laying internally? Or do internal layers NEVER lay eggs at allfrom the get-go? i.e. can a formally normal hen suddenly begin laying internally? What would be her...
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    Egglaying & flock dynamics when chicks are present????

    Can anyone tell me, please, what's going on here? I had a hen go broody about 7 weeks ago or so. Got her some fertile eggs to hatch, and now, presently, she is raising 3 little chicks within the flock. When she originally went broody, the egg production of the other 5 hens dropped off a...
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    Flock dynamics/egglaying changes with new chicks

    I have 6 hens, one of which went broody, and now has 3 little chicks she's raising. Ever since her going broody, the egglaying of the other 5 hens dropped off a bit.... but then the chicks hatched, and I'm now lucky to get 1 egg every 3 days. And my BCM has only laid 1 egg in 2 weeks! Is this to...
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    When does a broody start laying again after chicks hatch?

    My broody hen hatched 3 chicks about 2 weeks ago.......... Today I found a blue egg (she's my only blue egg-layer) in the shaving on the droppings board. Is this about right? I didn't think she's start laying until her chicks are 'weaned' away from her................
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    Will a broody get off when they hatch?

    Generally, what does a hen do when the eggs under her start to hatch? Does she get off the nest? Does she watch? Does she leave? Or do the chicks hatch 'under' her?
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    Singleton chick?????

    I have a very broody hen for whom I was able to get only 3 hatching egg. 2 of the 3 were broken in the nest along the way.......so there is only 1 hatching egg left now. Day 21 is this friday.....and I'm soooooooo excited! But I'm wonder if there are any issues or problems I should be aware of...
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    What are the chances of this damaged egg hatching?????????

    One of the eggs under my broody has a smallish indentation, with starburst cracks in the shell.....but the membrane 'underneath' the shell (membrane between shell and chick) is still intact. Is there a chance this egg can hatch? I have 4 days until "Day 21" under her................. I do not...
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    Favorite hen found dead on floor of coop

    She was absolutely fine the evening before, but in the morning I found her dead, on the floor of the coop...beak tucked towards chest, forehead on the ground. Comb & wattles purple she was only a little over 1 year old....... What could cause this? Do chickens just suddenly DIE?! R.I.P. Little...
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    Broody/2 fertile eggs under her/coop issue????

    Okay, it seems the consensus is that I keep mama separated, in, say, a wire dog crate "in" the coop, until the eggs hatch.........then let she and the chicks out of the crate to interact with the rest of the flock, and be raised and protected by mama. But my coop is raised about 2 feet off the...
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    Will my broody hen protect her chicks from flock?

    I have a very broody Ameraucana hen who is sitting on 2 fertile hatching eggs (I don't have a roo!) I'm wondering when the chicks hatch, will the mama hen protect her chicks from the rest of my little flock? Some people say mama and chicks can be left in the coop with the others (all of them...
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    2 fertile eggs under my broody........questions!

    I have 2 hatching eggs under my very broody Ameraucana hen. Today is day #14........... This is my first experience with this process, so I have a couple questions, please.................... 1. Do eggs 'always' hatch on day #21, or is there a 'window' of time when they will hatch??? 3. If eggs...
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