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    Brooder Chicks vs. Mama Hen Chicks

    I have raised chicks in a brooder and I have let broody hens raise chicks. My question has to do with heat requirements. I have watched chicks raised by a Mama Hen run around for hours in cool temps without getting under Mama for warmth and I have seen chicks sleep out from under Mama when the...
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    Sick ex-broody

    One of my hens went broody fairly late this year. She usually goes broody every summer but this year she went broody in late October. I live in TN and the weather was above average warm until last week. She has always set faithfully and hatched her chicks. This time she broke off setting 2 days...
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    Momma won't let chicks out of nest

    I posted a few days back about a stubborn broody hen that refused to be moved to the maternity coop. I finally left her in the main coop but a lot of her eggs got broken so I went and got her some baby chicks and stuck them under her at night. She has accepted the chicks as her own but now she...
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    Broody hen refuses to move

    Hi everybody. I have a hen gone broody. For the past 3 years another hen in the flock named Punkin has gone broody. I moved her to the maternity coop in the middle of the night each time with no problem whatsoever. This year she didn't go broody but another one did. Her name is Little. I...
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    New to Fermenting Feed.

    Hi, everybody. A few days ago I started fermenting my chicken feed. I'm mixing it 8 parts layer pellet, 1 part scratch, and 1 part grated veggies. My girls absolutely love it. I never knew chickens could lick a pan clean. But I have a couple of questions. Am I using a good ratio of ingredients...
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    Store Bought Eggs

    Well, my 6 older girls are molting and my 4 younger girls haven't started laying yet. I am down to half a dozen eggs. I thinks it time to face the facts. By Friday I will have to buy eggs from the grocery store. I haven't had a grocery store egg in over a year.
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    Eco Glow Brooder

    Anybody ever the Eco Glow Brooder heater? I want to raise some more chicks but I really hate heat lamps. I read about this on The Chicken Chick blog and I'm considering it but I want to hear from anybody who has had first hand experience with it.
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    Info on Buff Orps

    Hi everybody! I currently have 2 Barred Rock hens, 2 Black Sex Link hens, 1 Black Australorp hen, 5 mixed breed hens, and a mixed breed roo. I want to expand my flock and I'm leaning toward Buff Orps. I think they are beautiful birds. I have read that they tend to go broody which would be...
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    Becoming More Self Sufficient With Chickens

    We are a family of 3. We are working on becoming more self-sufficient. I would like to maintain a flock of chickens that will provide us with meat and eggs. I am hoping to use broody hens instead of relying on incubators or buying chicks. I would like to be able to put a chicken in the stewpot...
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    How Many Chickens Will It Hold?

    I am looking to seriously enlarge my flock next spring. I have a 10x16 barn shaped storage building that is 9 ft tall. I want to pull out the loft areas and remove strips of siding down each 16 ft side to add on nesting boxes with tops that lift up to collect the eggs from the outside. So the...
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    Roo With Broken Beak

    My favorite roo, CockyMonkey, broke the end off of his top beaks somehow. Is this causing him pain and if it is how can I help him? Will it grow back? He's acting normal and is able to eat. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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    How many Cornish X?

    I have been raising dual purpose chickens for a couple of years now for eggs and the ocassional chicken dinner. I have an empty 8x4 coop sitting over an 8x4 run and I am thinking about raising some meat chickens. How many could I raise at a time?
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    Want to try free range

    My 16 chickens are ages 4-18 months old. I have always kept them in a coop and run due to neighborhood dogs. The neighbors got rid of the dogs and I really want to let my chickens free range on days I am off from work. So I have two questions. How far will they roam and will they go back to the...
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    New Chicks. Old Flock.

    I have a well established flock with 6 hens and a rooster. One of my hens just hatched out 8 chicks a few days ago. I have them in a separate brood area and all seems to be going good. The rest of my flock can see them thru the wire sides. Today 3 of the babies escaped thru a loose corner. I...
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    weak eggshell

    I have six laying hens. They have been laying for about two months now. They eat layer pellets daily and oyster shell is supplied constantly in a separate feeder. I also give them veggies or cracked corn three or four days a week as a treat. For the last three days I have gotten four eggs a day...
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    I keep my roos in a seperate coop. How long should I leave one in with my hens to get fertilized egg

    I have 6 laying hens and 2 light sussex roosters. My girls were taking too much abuse when the roos got old enough to start breeding so I moved my roos to a separate coop. Now the hens are happy and the 2 guys get along good and all is peaceful. I am not new to keeping chickens but I am new to...
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