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  1. Ruby May

    Raised with the Flock

    My husband and I purchased a pair of Welsummers late winter. He was eager to continue their blood line and hatched several of their eggs in the incubator. Just as he wanted to hatch more for Easter; our hen went broody on March 30th. I thought about breaking her but decided against it. She chose...
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    Please Help! I think my chicks may be too big to hatch.

    Today is day 19. My husband and I have had 3 bantam chicks hatch successfully. One EE mix pipped, started to zip and died. Once removed from the shell we discovered its head was turned to the side and looked as though it could not turn it forward because its thigh was in the way. We have had...
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    Broody Hen? Or just thinking about it

    Hi everyone, I have a young comet maybe 30 weeks old nesting in the storage area under the porch at night. She pecked at me last night when I put eggs beside her. This morning she was in the yard and up by the coop when I got home from work. She is spending the days off the nest so I removed...
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    Rooster biting pullets

    Hello everyone, I have 6 pullets born around 3/19/13. After completing the coop; a friend dropped off a 10 month old rooster I could not refuse. About 3 weeks ago I put the pullets in with him. He is still able to free range during the day because the top of the run is not yet fenced but the...
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