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    thought egg bound, not sure - could she be contagious?

    I have an almost 2 year old Buckeye hen who's got something going on with her, not sure what - this is my first sick hen. I thought at first she might be egg bound, not sure now. I had separated her, but since she's been acting better yesterday and today, I'd like to let her get back to the...
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    sneaking day old chicks under a broody

    I've got a Welsummer who's been broody for a couple months and no sign of stopping (though she comes out of her own accord much more than she used to, but is looking more scraggly than before). So I'm thinking about sneaking some day old chicks under her to see if that works. I'm new to this...
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    meat birds and layers

    I'm pretty new to chickens - our layers just turned a year last month - and totally new to meat birds. But, we're considering getting some, so I'm trying to learn. One question I have is, do I have to keep the layers and meat birds separate, or can they stay in the same coop? If they can be...
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    newbie broody question - introducing day old chicks

    My Welsummer's been broody for probably going on 2 months now. At first I had to kick her off the nest a couple times a day (we don't have fertile eggs, so she was wasting her time), but then after a few weeks she started leaving her chosen nest box and roaming around with the others of her own...
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    Can a hen get stuck being broody?

    Help with a broody hen! Our Welsummer went broody around 5/21 and is still sitting. We don't have a rooster, so there's no hope for her. She occasionally sits on eggs others have laid, but even if there's nothing under her she keeps sitting... After this long, is it possible that she'll...
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    Chickens fed food scraps = eggs not ok to sell?

    I was told by a friend that it is illegal to sell eggs from chickens fed food scraps (I'm in Ohio, Cleveland area). Has anyone else heard of any regulations like this, and where might I start to look to find out for my area? Our chickens are just a year old, and so far we haven't had enough...
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    changing to new nest boxes & opening size

    I'm looking for advice on how to switch my girls to laying in new nest boxes. When we first got chickens, my husband made up a couple nice nest boxes in the coop he set up. But, before they really started laying, we moved and ended up leaving the nest boxes etc. behind because the person who...
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    Broody hen getting picked on

    We're just nearing the end of our first year with chickens and this is our first experience with a broody hen (we just have layers, no roosters, so this poor girl is being a good little mama for nothing...) Our Welsummer turned broody at the end of last week and now (this started a couple days...
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    crumpled looking egg

    Hi, This morning when I went to collect eggs, there was one that looked as though it had been sort of crumpled or smooshed - very irregularly shaped with some creases or wrinkles. The shell was hard, though not very strong. I've never seen one like this (our hens have been laying for about 5...
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