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    confusion when 2 chickens brooding in same laying box

    One bantam chicken was brooding on 4 eggs. about a week before they were due to hatch my other bantam started laying eggs in the same box and went broody after she had laid about 8 eggs.. Problem is that the first hen was brooding on all the eggs.and eventually both hens were brooding...
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    posted pic's did not show

    When I first tried to post the pic' of the 5 eggs laid by my pullet Cinnamon Queen 'Penny' on her first day of laying.... please see "Post your FIRST EGG pics! - Page 684"...bottom of page... I tried two more times with the same result.... and now I see all three posts do show the pic...
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    6 eggs from one Cinnamon Queen on first day of laying

    Wow oh Wow...She (Penny) was 20 weeks old on 16th August and on that day deposited 5 eggs before 6.00AM in the lay box in the coop. ..plus one at mid day.(almost the world record which is 7 eggs in one day from one chicken) Since then she has laid one egg per day at approx mid-day.. Licken (my...
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    Do onions cause anemia in chickens

    I have been adding some chopped onions to my chickens pellet feed, (also finely chopped/grated carrots potato bell pepper lettuce meat and a little suet... et al) I was told to stop giving them onions because 1) it makes the eggs taste gamey 2) it causes anemia. my chickens are only 16 weeks...
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    Old Folks Back Home or Swanee River (Suwanee River)

    We retired to Fl. cuz real estate was the cheapest in the land back then....After losing most of our retirement savings in the crash of 2008, We barely managed to buy a home on 1.5 acres, mostly pasture land with some treed copses,surrounded by forest down a sandy lane, about an hour or so's...
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    chicken poop and monitor lizard poop smells identical.

    I like Savannah Monitor Lizards as house pets (kept like house cats and about the same size) paper trained due to their hemipenes not needing to get stuck on by cat litter.Very intelligent reptiles. Not kept in a cage or tank but free to crawl about the whole house. I found by adding a little...
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    my coop for Florida climate

    pics of my coop during construction oooopsy my bad, first I must learn how to post pics....sorry. OK got it, please see. thread >Coop Designs › How My Coop Took Shape.... and this is the shape it took :) In the goats pen
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    Please, what breed is Sparrow my little bantam

    Her name is Sparrow she is one of 5 I bought as hatchlings 15 weeks ago These next 2 were also sold as bantams, they are cockerels and crow in the morning, they do not fight so I will keep them I think And these below are cinnamon queens I think They are very friendly they like sitting...
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    hello from chick n goat ma

    I often searched the Internet for information on taking care of my lovely new chicks and kept coming across Backyard Chickens and was impressed by the good information.. I bought 8 hatch-lings 16 weeks ago.3 of them saddly died in the first week even tho I did everything right. ie, kept the...
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