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  1. shawthorne44

    Broody for a week - Will the hen be fooled?

    We have 6 elderly Australope hens and one volunteer turkey (she just showed up and seemed like she'd been lonely). About 2 weeks ago after a couple of months of leaving a pile of ceramic eggs in a nesting box, Super Chicken went broody. We wanted one of the hens to go broody to help integrate...
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    19 Australorps producing 4-6 eggs a day right now. Is this OK?

    Our chickens were born March 15. At the end of summer we were getting 12-14 eggs a time. Now we are getting 4-6. The drop happened when it got suddenly very cold. Now it is warm again (we live in the DFW area) and we got 3 eggs yesterday. Is this normal? I don't really care about the...
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    What is this warty thing on the wattle?

    Does anyone recognize this wart-like thing on LadyBugBird's wattle? Otherwise she appears healthy. She was born middle of March.
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    State Fair of Texas - experiences?

    Can someone tell me about their experience showing their chickens at the State Fair of Texas? I started out looking for threads here on showing at state fairs, I saw some scary ones about non-Texas fairs. I wouldn't want to subject my darlings to that trauma. But, then Texas is Texas and...
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    How long (vaguely) will my Australorps stop laying in the winter in Texas

    I've got 20 Australorps in the Dallas area. About 8 are laying, and I already have a surplus. I've sold 2 dozen eggs so far. I don't want to use a light in the coop to extend the daylight. I don't think they'll need heat in the winter. I hope I'll get enough eggs to tide us over for the...
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    Pet actively laying (new at it) chicken or leave alone?

    So, our hens are starting to lay. We figure about 8 of the 20 (now 19) are laying. When I peer in (we have an exterior door to the nesting boxes) and see a hen laying, my instinct is to leave her alone. Husband points out that they seem to like company then and that they have cheerleaders...
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    Duckgrass pool inside the chicken yard?

    Hello all, I can't find the answer to this by searching. I am new to chickens and I have 20 30-month old Austrolopes. My goal is to have healthy, happy unstressed chickens. We live in North Texas. I have been feeding the chickens some Duckgrass and they seem to really like it. I...
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    20 Happy Austrolopes

    Hello all, I have been lurking as I went from the 'thinking of getting' chickens to now when we have 20 3-month old Austrolopes and I have a question that isn't already answered. My goal is to have 20 happy hens. Well, really I only wanted 10, but I read how stressful on the hens it is to...
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