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    Mother and pullet 4ever

    Hi everyone! I had a "stray" hen who decided my back yard is a good place to raise her young. Each time she would come back with 10 chicks and most would die in various ways (mostly eaten by cats). In the last batch only 1 female survived. She is 4.5 months old now and the two are still...
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    Broody hen sitting on fake eggs for too long

    I have a 6 month old hen who laid her first batch of eggs in a box I prepared for her. Since I don't want any more chickens, I took all the eggs and replaced them with fake ones. She's been sitting on them for a little more than 3 weeks. I thought that after 3 weeks she will get up if nothing...
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    Chick runs away from mother?

    One of the neighbourhood's hens is raising her chicks in my back yard. They are now 5 weeks old and there are only 2 left (out of 10. The picture was taken 10 days ago when there were still 3). One of the remaining chicks had something weird going on with his wing feathers, they were crumpled...
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    Do hens wait for a specific clutch size?

    Hi chicken lovers. I have 1 rooster and 3 hens who decided to adopt me several months ago. They are coming to my back yard every day and leave when it gets dark. About 10 days ago, one of the hens started to lay eggs in a specific spot. I put a box in there for her and she lays an egg almost...
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