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    Broody Hen

    I recently had one of my girls go broody, I do not have a Rooster so I secured some fertile eggs and placed them under her. She seemed to be satisfied but now the other 4 hens try and use the same nest to lay their eggs and right now I have 2 hens on the same nest with the broody hen. they are...
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    Aggressive Hen

    I have 5 hens and one of them is acting like a rooster, she bites the other hens and tries to mount them like a rooster. How do I stop her from being so aggressive?
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    Broody hens

    I have two hens who are both broody on the same set of eggs. They both are on the eggs at the same time and on top of that, the other 3 hens crawl in on top of the two hens and lay their eggs. What if anything should I do?
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    Second chicken dead same symptoms as first

    I incubated 4 chicks about 8 months ago and lost one chick at about 6 months, symptoms are not being able to walk and eventually dies today another died with the same problem. Any advice would be appreciated.
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    2 week old chicks

    Okay just hatched my first batch on chicks from my homemade Incubator 5 of them out of 13 eggs and about 2 weeks old , moved them to outside coop I made for them, nights are about 72 degrees and days upper 90s. I know it seems soon but they seem happy and have stayed outside for 4 days and...
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    First batch of eggs with home built Incubator!

    Okay after months of research and some original design work I finally put my first batch of 13 eggs in home built incubator. Temp setting is 100degF and Humidity is set at 50%. Control is by electronic temp controller and Arduino Micro processor programmed to control Humidity by cycling fan...
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    Chicken eating eggs

    I have always had problems with very thin egg shells from 3 out of my 5 hens. Lately I am noticing broken eggs and obviously the inside eaten. Not sure if the eggs break as they are layed then they are eaten or they are broken on purpose and then eaten. And what advice can you give to stop egg...
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    Unwanted Visitors

    Okay I have 6 hens that I keep fastened up and all has been well for a while until now, My neighbor, approx. 2 blocks away ,acquired chickens and now free ranges them, Several full grown roosters have started daily coming to my yard and strutting back and forth outside my run and crowing...
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    Fence Chickens Display

    I build all kinds of yard displays you can see them at my Store Front on Facebook "Texoma Outdoor Displays" I am selling these darling Fence Chickens Display for a special price to BYC members normally $60 for a set of 4 now $40 plus shipping , I make them to order so will need several...
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    Possible product for sale!

    Okay I recently purchased pattern for what I call Fence Chickens and just wanting to get opinions on whether it might be worth making and selling, I'm thinking $60 plus shipping.
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    Comb drooping and black spots on it.

    I had two white leghorns i purchased locally several months ago and in the last two weeks they both have drooping combs with black spots on them. Last week one died with no apparent problems except for the comb problem, both were active eating and laying with no problems. The one left appears...
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    Ground oyster shells

    Okay my girls are not consistent layers the oldest is 2 yrs , I keep ground oyster shell available for them but it is ground very course and they don't seem very interested in eating it. Should I look for some finer ground shell for them? When they do lay egg shells seem thin and crack very...
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    Training Chickens

    Just installed my home made auto chicken coop door and for now have push buttons to open and close door, after only a week installed the girls appear to know the buttons open the door for them as they stand and stare at the buttons wanting out...so my question is are they capable of being...
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    Have to mow grass in my run.

    Have read here about the way chickens eliminate all the grass in a run. I have 4 grown laying hens and there run is approx 30' X 15' they are let out daily but so far I have to mow there run when I mow my yard as it grows just as fast. Do I need more birds? Half of the area is weeds not grass...
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    New Chicken behavior discovered

    Well it's new to me anyway, I have 4 girls and the youngest being maybe 20 weeks old and laying, she is the lowest on the pecking order so she gets the lowest roost and has been sleeping by herself while the other 3 are on the top roost. Yesterday evening when I put them up i was watching them...
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    Grass in Run!

    I have a 30 X 20 run for my 4 girls, I hear on here how chickens will ruin grass in a run. The grass in my run has to be mowed every week. Is 4 birds not enough to keep the grass down? I had 5 but lost one and grass still grew when I had 5.
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    Diatomaceous Earth

    What can this control in Chickens..How do you apply etc.
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    Back to full production

    Okay so I have posted over the last 6 months or so about one of my hens that just stopped laying. I have tried everything short of piping elevator music into there coop I recently added two laying chickens approx 8 months old and two days ago Red resumed laying I am thrilled but not sure if I...
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    How to manage flies

    Its getting hot here in North Central Texas and flies are a problem, what can I do to control them?
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    Introducing new chickens to my flock

    Okay I have two girls over a year old and one closer to eight months, I tried to introduce two 6 month old Barred Rocks and the three girls were very aggressive to them. I have since separated them but they are in sight hoping they will accept them eventually, any ideas?
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