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    Wrangling 6 week old chicks

    My 2 6 week old chicks got out of the run this morning. I keep my chickens in the run on Thursdays until after the lawn service is done. The rest of the timw everyone free ranges. But my 2 little ones are out right now. They are weaned from their mama and they are terrified of me and run away...
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    Calcium from egg shells?

    I have 8 laying hens and 2 chicks. Since a mama hen is raising the chicks with the whole flock they all are eating chick starter feed. I also put out oyster shell for the hens for their calcium. I'm almost out of it. Has anyone had success in offering egg shells to their hens? Is it enough...
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    Former broody, now mama hen, raising chicks

    Last week my broody Buff Orpington hatched 2 out of 10 eggs that I ordered for her. It has been such a wonderful experience watching her do her thing with the baby chicks. She is in the main coop with my other 7 hens and that is going fine. Once a day I bring mama and babies outside for...
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    Unhatched eggs

    My broody had a clutch of 8 eggs. Two hatched 48 hous ago at 21 days. She has been on all the eggs the same length of time as I ordered them from My Pet Chicken. I am ecstatic beyond words for those two since I didn't think any would hatch. But anyway...how long should I give the other 6 eggs a...
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    Hatching eggs box damaged in shipping

    One of my sweet BOs went broody last Wednesday. I ordered fertile eggs from My Pet Chicken Thursday morning. When I saw that tracking say they were delivered to my post office this morning, I called right after. The lady I spoke with kept thinking I was asking about chicks. I corrected her a...
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    How long is safe to keep a broody hen before giving her fertile eggs

    My 14 month old BO went broody yesterday for the first time. We don't have a rooster so I am looking to get fertile eggs to give her to hatch. Assuming she doesn't break her broodiness herself, how long can I wait before giving her eggs to sit on?
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    Chipped wood in run?

    A tree that was taken down last fall is currently being chipped. We have an 8X12 run. I use leaves and pine needles in the run right now. Can I also use the wood chips? My goal is to have DLM and the leaves do a good job. It's just hard to keep enough new leaves in there to keep the DLM going.
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    Feather picked pullet with shrunken comb

    I just went out to check on my 8 10 month old pullets (3 Barred Rocks, 3 EEs, 2 Buff Orpingtons) to make sure they had all returned to the run after free ranging in the snow. One of my barred rocks looks bad. She is missing her tail feathers. I can't see skin but her long stand up feathers are...
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    A perfect day!

    My 7.5 month old girls had their first perfect day yesterday. We collected 8 eggs! The last one started laying 3 weeks ago and I have been looking forward to a perfect day. Yay girls!! Then today we got a huge egg. Double yolker. Our first one! I hope they all take it easy tomorrow. They've...
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    Food in unused roosting boxes?

    I have a 4x8 coop with two sets of nesting boxes (3 boxes each) bumped out on each of the 4 foot sides. They only lay in one set of boxes. I'm getting their coop ready for winter and was wondering if I could move their food to one of the unused nesting boxes. It would free up floor space for...
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    Two eggs in one day?

    I got 7 eggs today from my 6 pullets who are laying. Yesterday I got 4 eggs. Could one of them who didn't lay yesterday lay 2 eggs today?
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    Pecking Order question

    I am new to raising chickens. I have 8 pullets, 23ish weeks old. I got them all at the same time back in the beginning of April. I read a lot of pecking order and I understand what it is. But I don't think I've really seen it in action with my group. What should I look for to see who is high and...
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    Shaking my head, but smiling

    I've been getting 3 eggs a day consistently for a few weeks from my 8 pullets. Today I collected 4 eggs. Yay! They were all in the same nest. Silly chickens! I would love to have a camera in the coop to see how that played out!
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    Mushy hard boiled egg white

    Today I hard boiled 4 fresh eggs (3 from today, 1 from yesterday, not refrigerated). I did it the easy peel way (put eggs in boiling water, then ice bath, then peel, always works like a charm). Today 3 of the 4 eggs had mushy whites. I know they were cooked thoroughly. It wasn't the white...
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    Getting two rubber eggs from one hen

    Two weeks ago one of my Barred Rocks laid her first egg at 19 weeks old. I have been getting one egg from her every day since then except for one day where she skipped a day as she switched from laying in the late afternoon to the morning. We are now getting an egg a day from her still, just...
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