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    Unbreakable non-stop broody... how long can this go on?

    In another thread someone mentioned that all hens eventually stop being broody- to wit, my response: "Oh yeah... When?" Whaddya do when one of your gals turns broody, stays that way for seven weeks straight and still going, and you don't want chicks? Flock of three. 1.5 y.o. Cuckoo (her name)...
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    Broken hen broody again?

    Just curious for those with experience: is it (more) common for a broken broody to become broody again? We broke one of our 3 hens last month. It took about 14 days. She's been fine for the last three weeks, up until yesterday when she started hanging out in the best box for several hours. This...
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    How to deal w/ breaking a broody hen that's still laying eggs?

    How do you balance the need to have a broody hen in chicken jail keeping her off her nest with her biological needs if she still needs to actually lay an egg and not 'just brood'? So a couple of days ago we noticed our 42 wk Cuckoo Maran turning broody. The first afternoon I kept pulling out of...
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    URGENT Help for new Chicken Owners; laying hen w/ Drooping wing/eyelid, diarrhea, clumsy, panting... (Pics)

    We're just a few weeks into owning our first chickens. We got three egg-laying hens (36-40 wks old) on April 10. Our Australorp and Cuckoo Maran are doing wonderful. Our Speckled Sussex seems to be having numerous problems. (I'm including a pic from when we first got her.) Her first week or so...
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    New SF Bay Area backyard chicken'r

    We (first-time chicken'rs -- is there a better term?) picked up our first chickens last week along with a nice new coop. Three 40wk hens already laying. An Australorp, a speckled Sussex, and a cuckoo bird. I'm a professional travel photog. My wife, aka, the family CEO, works in...
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