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    How many hens can I have without a rooster?

    I am just curious if anyone has any experience with a larger flock without a rooster. I have 7 full grown laying hens, one broody that is taking care of 4 chicks(I am pretty sure one is a rooster already, due to comb development), and 4 7 week old chicks. I don't think we can have roosters...
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    Flock raiser for combined hens and chicks?

    I am hearing that flock raiser (from Purina) can be fed to chicks and hens alike as long as laying hens have access to oyster shells? I have 4 babies that are almost a month old now, and I want to let them all hang out with the older flock, with mama of course. I was doing this and all was...
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    How to keep chicks w/mama from eating layer feed?

    I have a mama hen who has 4 babies she is raising. They have integrated into the flock beautifully, not any problems. I did this only three days ago. I have their grower feed in a small feeder on the ground, next to their small waterer, but today I realized they were flapping up to the layer...
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    Is my hen going to keep eating the eggs?

    I have heard horror stories about once a hen tastes their own eggs, that they will never stop eating them. Is this true? I had a situation today that I think I pieced together. Yesterday, one of my hens layed a very thin shelled egg, and slightly deformed. When I picked it up, it got a crack...
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    Heard peeps yesterday, and only one hatched

    I have a broody hen on 3 fertile eggs (and 3 non-fertile eggs, oops!) and yesterday I put one up to my ear to see if I could hear anything. I heard little peeps coming from all three eggs, and last night or this morning, one hatched. The other two aren't peeping anymore. I took them out again...
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    Broody Hen and Tar-like poops

    OK, I have small children, so talking about poop is part of daily life, but I am not very well versed in Chicken poop-SO- I have a broody hen, who is sitting on a clutch of eggs, and I am wondering if her poops are normal for a broody hen. They are not normal for the rest of the flock. They...
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    Blood streaks on outside of egg shell

    My chickens are just about 5 months, and starting to lay eggs. Two days ago, and today we got an egg that has blood smeared/streaked on the outside. Is this normal for beginning to lay eggs or is there something wrong with the chicken? I can't tell which chicken is laying the blood streaked...
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