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    Hen all puffy & lethargic

    Help! Several years ago I lost my four hens, one-by-one, to something I never could identify. They'd start by getting lethargic and sleepy all day. Then their wings would sag and finally their feathers would get all puffed up before they lost coordination, fell over and died. It wasn't the...
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    HELP! Three Injured Chicks

    When it rains it pours, and I've got a flood today. From the top: Three of my hens managed to escape their temporary yard, and the puppy dutifully captured two of them. By the time I found the awhile later, one was on her back, wings askew and the other was sitting in the grass in shock. I...
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    How Many Eggs Will A Broody Hen Lay?

    One of my Faverolle hens has been sitting on her eggs for 13 days now. There were 6-7 when she took to the nest. Today there are 14! Will a broody hen keep laying eggs once she starts sitting on them? Obviously, the other hen is sneaking in there for a bit to help out, I'm just wondering...
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    How long do Barred Rocks take to hit Broiler Weight

    I'm raising a dozen barred rocks for my family for eggs and a little meat (6 are cocks). My goal is to start raising enough to sell commercially. We have a large Asian population nearby, and they prefer the dark meat birds, so the Rocks seemed like a good way to enter that niche market...
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    How long are eggs fertilized?

    I bought two French Faverolle hens on Tuesday. They were kept in a coop with a bunch of Banty roosters, and suffered a bit in the process. I also got the Faverolle rooster and am hoping to get some eggs for hatching from the match. How long will eggs be fertilized from whatever the Banties...
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    What Killed My Chicks

    I am getting some Plymouth Rock chicks in about a week, and am trying to take efforts to protect them from whatever did my last flock in two years ago. We've had chickens for a number of years with no incidents, despite coyotes, raccoons and opossums on our property. But one week after the new...
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