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    How do I make my hen lose weight?

    Hie there, I have my 4 loverly buff cochin chickens, 3 hens and 1 roo. Of the the 3 hens, 2 have been laying since early feb but the other one has only laid a single egg since then and i have only thing to blame. The weight This one girl on the far left of the picture seems to be gaining...
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    AT WHAT AGE DO LIGHT SUSSEX START LAYING

    i have 4 light sussex hens,19 weeks of age and was wondering when they will start laying
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    Hatching : Hen to rooster ratio

    Hell everyone i have read on many articles on the hen to rooster ratio you get after hatching and everyone seems to say its almost 50/50 and likely to be more males than females. But........ITS JUST NOT THE SAME HERE I live in Zimbabwe and here it seems like hatching a rooster is the hardest...
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    Newcastle Disease : How long does it last in your coop

    hello everyone, I had a hen which i got from my i got from my grand parents.They have a large flock and i asked them if they could give one light sussex hen since i didn't that breed in my flock.They agreed give me one. We agreed that they would give the hen to a friend who was coming to where...
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    Infertile Rooster Issues, Please help.

    Hello everyone. I started keeping backyard chicken about 6 months ago.I started with already grown chickens 1 rooster and 5 hens.Since the chickens were already a breeding age, three of my hens started laying after in the first 2 months. My rooster seemed to be doing a good job until my first...
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    Is it possible she might be broody!

    Hie everyone I have 4 hens, three which are laying and one which isn't. The 3 hens that are laying all use the same nest box when laying and I have marked and left 8 eggs in there and I collect the fresh ones and store them. I left 8 in there because I want to have a broody hen to hatch some...
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    Could it be bird flue

    Hie guys, I have been seeing one of my cuckoo marans with its beak heavily soiled for some time now. So today I decided to check what was going on with her , I found that the soil was sticking to her beak because she was discharging a mucus like colourless fluid from her nostrils. So far I...
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    Do cuckoo marans go broody?

    Hie everyone Do cuckoo marans good broody ? If yes usually at what age do they do so?
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    What breed these two birds

    Hello everyone I need help. What breeds are those two hens and the rooster?
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    Experience with broody hens and natural incubation by hens

    Hello To those who might have experience with broody hens, I have a question I need help with. Those who have had hens go broody, after laying how many eggs do the hens usually go broody?
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    What chicken breeds are most likely to go broody?

    Hie guys! I want to add two new hens to my backyard flock but I want hens that are most likely to go broody. Any advice on which chicken breeds that I should buy that are the most broody ones.
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    What chicken breed is this?

    Hello I have this hen and she is the smallest in my flock. I thought it was small because it was still young but two weeks ago it started laying. I'm now wondering what breed it is. If anyone know I would be happy if you help.
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    My Introduction, new member to byc

    Hello everyone my name is Laurel , I'm new here on byc.I'm African from Zimbabwe, 20 year old boy and in second year doing BSC Computer science.I really love animals and farm life especially chickens . I just started raising backyard chickens about a month ago. I have a very small flock of 4...
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    Introducing a rooster to commercial laying hens

    Hello everyone. I have two roosters in my backyard flock and I also have 10 Rhodes island commercial layer hens. My question is, if I introduced the two roosters into my commercial layers coup, will they lay fertile eggs that I can incubate and hatch successfully.
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