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    Broody/identifying culls

    Just a little input for other novices like me; I had my first broody hen recently, she is a 7-8 month old black astrolorp who turned broody almost as soon as she started laying eggs. She wouldn't leave the nest unless I moved her myself. So I put her in a separate cage, within the chicken pen...
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    Squashed hen

    Is there anyone out there who uses an auto coop door that has had the door squish (to death) a chicken? I just did. She must have been trying to squeeze thru the door as it was closing and got caught. Now one more thing to deal with in trying to get this door to work properly.
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    To wash or not?

    Whats the deal with washing your eggs in water (or soapy water)? Someone told me not to because bacteria can penetrate the shell. Any truth to that? Thanks. Tim
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    Double yoke eggs

    Has anyone noticed what I have. I'm new to chickens, but I've noticed that at some point as each of my pullets start to lay eggs (not necessarily right away) they at least once lay an extra extra large egg that always has 2 yokes in it. It always looks like it musta hurt coming out! For my birds...
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    Quality of meat birds: a report

    Just thought I'd comment for others sake about my first time meat bird experience. This past June I bought 15 R.I.R. chicks (all female) to raise primarily for meat birds knowing I'd keep at least 3-4 as layers. I wanted to try something else besides Cornish X. It didn't turn out so well. No...
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    Chickens clucking

    At what age do chickens switch from chirping to clucking? My chicks are mostly RIR at about 3 months old. Just curious.
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    Feed type dilemma?

    I have question. I have 2 RIR hens 1 laying (she's about 8 mo and 1 not, but close (about 6 mo +). Then I also have 15 chicks (2 months old) mostly RIR, all these birds are together living in the same coop and sharing the same run and they're getting along fine. Eleven of the chicks I'm raising...
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    Profile question

    I'm a new egg and when I set up my profile recently I must have made an error. My user name should be "nic8407" somehow it ended up as nic8497. How can I change this? Thanks Tim
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    Help! Hen stopped laying-stays in nest box

    I have two RIR hens I bought as 6 mo. old pullets. I've had them for about 2 months now and they both have been laying for about 6 wks. Now one of them has stopped laying, stays almost all day in her nest box. This has been going on for about a week now. The other one is behaving normally, goes...
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