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    New chicks or broody hen with eggs

    Our hen has been sitting on eggs all month, we didn't educate ourselves and kept adding eggs under after a week or so. We started with 9 eggs. Three chicks hatched this week but have been dead under broody the next morning. We are assuming she is a "bad brooder" and doesn't shift her weight...
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    Chicks are hatching in nesting box!!

    We are fairly recent chicken owners, going on our 2 summer with our girls. Recently one of our hens decided to sit on her 9 fertilized eggs. Long story short . . . they are hatching today! Yay! My question is, she is up in the nesting box, I didn't educate myself on broody hens. We tried to...
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    Eggs safe to eat?!?

    My chickens were on Corid and Wazing all week last week to treat Coccidiosis (sp?). When is it safe to eat their eggs again? They have been off the medications for 5 days now. Also I just barely noticed (after the fact) on the back of the Wazing (dewormer) it said do not use for chickens...
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    Normal behavior?

    We had a hen that died yesterday. Her fellow sister hen of the same breed has been so noisy today! Almost as if she is looking for her or calling for her. Do hens grieve?!?!
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    Eggs ok to eat?

    I had a hen die yesterday unexpectedly. She was pooping bright red blood about 12-14 hours beforehand, not sure. All you good people told me to get the rest of my flock on Corid, which I have done. The hen that died had been laying for about a week or so. Does anybody know if we can eat the...
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    My hen is pooping blood !!!

    I am a new member to this site and love it. I am a new found lover of raising chickens. I have a question about one of my hens. She is a very active and noisy brown sex link. She is 21 weeks old. I believe she has started to lay because we have been getting an egg every day, but we also have 7...
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    Help!! Sick hen!

    I am a new member to this site and love it. I am a new found lover of raising chickens. I have a question about one of my hens. She is a very active and noisy brown sex link. She is 21 weeks old. I believe she has started to lay because we have been getting an egg every day, but we also have...
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