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    Young Broody Hen

    I have had broody hens before, but nothing like this and nothing this young. She is barely five months old and boy is she mean! She's been broody almost a week now, have tried golf balls, spritzing with water, removing her several times a day (I have to wrap her in a towel to pick her up off the...
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    All hens on deck?

    Hi, all, haven't posted in a long time, but I always depend on the "rooster experts" among you since I'm not the best at ID'ing them. Here is a pix of three of my new ones, about 12 weeks old. Any roos here?
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    Dud Chickens, 2017 style

    Saw a few older posts about this. I bought three hens from local breeder, supposed to be 2 Wyandottes, 1 cocoa maran. They are now 8 months old - 32 weeks. One of the Wyans lays very tiny green eggs, about 2" long. The other two - Nothing! Nada, no eggs. I have twice now locked them in the hen...
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    Leaving a rooster alone

    Have a unique problem, haven't posted in quite a while since all has been happy in my little flock. Until now. Inadvertantly got a rooster in my last batch of "hens" - the lady who sold them to me said she would take back if there were any roosters (Wyandotte, she swore they were sexed). She...
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    Keeping them warm

    Hi, all I just ordered one of these, partially based on the article that was on BYC the other day about keeping them warm in the winter. Have always used the heat light/lamps but not happy with them, so going to try this. I like this because I can mount it in a place where they can't touch it -...
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    What chickens won't destroy - Petunias!

    Hi, all, always some discussion about what chickens will eat, what they won't eat, what they won't destroy in a lawn or garden. This spring I had petunias come up volunteer - that has never happened before and I did not know they came up volunteer, I had spread some compost around a tree so I'm...
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    Hen acts like a rooster

    I posted this some time ago, that I had noticed one of my hens actually "mounting" another hen just like a rooster would mate. There are some other posts on this, it's rare but not unheard of, but no pictures or vids - understandably since this lasts all of about 5 seconds. Well, yesterday I was...
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    Autumn picture

    It's so rare that one of my pix with chickens come out decent (seems as soon as I show up with a camera, they turn tail - literally - on me. So, here's a larger version of the one I just posted about my mulching chickens.
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    Don't buy a mulcher!

    Sure you can pay $500, $700, even a thousand bucks for one but when you have chickens, why? AND, no gas, engine maintenance, storage shed necessary,
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    Hard boiled double yokes

    HI, a few days ago I posted pix of my large eggs holding double yokes. I hard boiled some eggs yesterday for deviling, and lo and behold another double yoke eggs was in that batch. Ever wonder what a double yoker looks like after boiling? Well, kinda freaky. I am getting pretty good at...
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    Bragging a bit

    Haven't posted for a while, my chickens are doing very well. I have 5 New Hampshire Reds that are 6 months old and boy are they laying! Every day and at least two of them are laying double yolks! Never have had that happen before, especially several each week. Here are two eggs just gathered...
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    Have you all seen this article?

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/101821278# And fat chickens don't lay eggs, either - any of us could have told them that!!!!
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    Great article

    hey, all, putting this iin this forum, thought many of you would like to read it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/english-eggs-vs-american-eggs_n_5403941.html?cps=gravity Of course, this is something we all know a LOT about, right?
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    Finally!! A use for broody hens!

    Hubby and I went crazy last week, decided to look for a puppy - and brought home two of them, brothers that we just didn't want to separate. Got them from our local animal shelter, they're 10 weeks old and Aussies. We've had such good luck with that breed. Anyway, to introduce them to the...
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    Another Blue Ribbon!

    I'm blatantly bragging today - my girls' eggs won another blue ribbon at our county fair - the second year in a row. There was a LOT of competition this year - about 10 entries, so this one is really special. One of the entrants asked me my secret. Not sure I have one, but here's what I make...
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    Look What I Got - Part Two

    Hello, all, thought I'd post my "Part Two" to my new chicken coop. My original post is here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/674584/look-what-i-got but I hadn't had the time to plan and do the second part - specifically, the "auxiliary" set up. After three years and lots of reading posts...
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    Look what I got!!!!

    Well, after three years, a lot of mistakes, a lot of learning, a lot of frowning over what I should have done better, I took the plunge and got my (now) 14 girls an early Christmas present - a new and HUGELY improved hen house. A local company, Overholt, makes these and I've been drooling over...
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    Four week old chicks losing feathers

    Hi, this is my fourth year of doing the chicken thing, have had several 'bunches of babies' but this is new. I have two brown sex-linked 4-week-old chicks and both are losing their feathers, like in a hard molt. Usually, my girls don't molt until they're several months old., even a year or...
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    Dog house heat pad for chicks?

    Hello, BYCers, been a while since I've had a question since all has been going well with my girls. Getting babies in the next day or two, however, and my heat lamp burned out during testing and set up - so, question, I have a "hard surface" plastic pad that I use for my dogs in the winter. Can...
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    Burn Treatment for HUMANS???

    Hi all, haven't posted in a bunch of time, a friend of mine just forwarded me this - would enjoy what all of you folks have to say about this! This treatment of burns is being included in teaching beginner fireman. First Aid consists of first spraying cold water on the affected area until the...
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