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    Question about broodiness

    I have a BO who is the only one of my 5 hens to ever go broody (she went broody once last spring) who a few days ago showed positive signs to being broody (she sat on the nest for about a half day, puffed up, growled and cooed when I came near) So I started leaving the eggs (they were all...
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    eggbound?

    This is what I posted yesterday on another thread...reposting here with update: I have a hen who has been sitting on the nest quite a while today. I have been out twice over a couple of hour period and she was still there. Just went out again and just as I opened the door to check for eggs, she...
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    Eggbound?

    I have a hen who has been sitting on the nest quite a while today. I have been out twice over a couple of hour period and she was still there. Just went out again and just as I opened the door to check for eggs, she partially stood up and laid an egg (she was in an awkward position though...
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    What's going on?

    ok, several months ago, I was given 4 new hens by a friends mom who just didn't want to bother with them anymore. I had, at the time a young roo, a pullet and 2 hens. They seemed to mesh together pretty well and all were laying but after my roo came into his "manhood" two of the new girls took...
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    ok is she broody or NOT!?

    HI all...a couple of weeks ago, I asked a question about my hen who had gone off shortly after I got new hens. She had just recently hatched some chicks and was just about 5 weeks out from them hatching. I assumed she had a nest in the woods and had gone broody again, so when she came home one...
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    Question concerning possible broody

    I don't know what to do. We are fairly new to chicken-dom and until about a month ago, I had two laying hens and two that were only a few weeks old (one hen and one roo) I got 4 new layers from a friend who didn't want them anymore and everything seemed ok except for our "queen" laid one egg...
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    YIKES...forgot to let hen in coop for night..can't find her!

    We are keeping our mama hen and her two chicks closed up in the coop to keep babies safe and just letting our other laying hen out in the morning to free range and then back in at dark but we forgot tonight to let her in. It was very dark by the time we remembered and we can't find her...
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    2 chicks hatched...3 more eggs..how long?

    We found two chicks yesterday morning...one that was very newly hatched and one that looked like maybe it had hatched the day before (was very active and fluffy) There are 3 other eggs under her and I'm wondering how long till they hatch IF they are going to. She's still sitting there so I'm...
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    broody on the nest...question

    Hi everyone, I have a broody on the nest and she's due to hatch on June 1st. My question is: she's on the nest in the coop which is 4 feet off the ground with only a ramp down into the enclosed run. Should I move her nest down under the coop where she will be out of the rain...I can make her...
  10. rainbowlake mama hen

    soft egg

    So sorry...I know this question has been asked but I have a herniated disc and can not sit here and search for the answer so I hope you will forgive me and tell me what it means when your hen lays a shell-less egg. This in only her 3rd egg. They are still very small but todays has no...
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    Aggressive hen and roo

    I have a RIR roo and a buff orpington hen that were hatched together in August. The roo has just started crowing and I'm waiting for an egg from my hen. I also have two RSL hens that are probably about a year old now. They were squatting for me until my roo started crowing and "doing his...
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    woohoo!

    I just got to brag! Got a beautiful crow from our roo today. The first! hadn't even heard him trying much at all, but this morning the girls came out of the coop later than he did and so were separated. They started calling him and he crowed like he'd been crowing for months! Now I am ready...
  13. rainbowlake mama hen

    Do I need to close up the door at night?

    It's hitting the mid 20's here right now at night. I finally got them trained to go INSIDE the coop so now I"m wondering if I need to be closing the door at night. I have been but am wondering if it's really necessary. Whatcha' think?
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    Are they smart enough?

    hi everyone...our temps will be getting into the 20's tonight and our 3 hens and one roo have been roosting on the open porch of their coop instead of going inside. Now, I am now totally sure if they stay there, but I am assuming they do since when I close them up (7pm tonight) that's where...
  15. rainbowlake mama hen

    No serenade?

    I'm just wondering. We have two red sex-links that have been laying for about a month and we have a 3 month OP hen and a OP roo. I've never heard this egg laying song I keep reading about. I've been out there while they are laying but never before when they go into the box. I've also been...
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    Newbie with a question

    HI everyone, I can't tell you how much I have learned over the past 3 months from this forum alone! YOu all are wonderful! We hatched 2 eggs in a borrowed incubator in mid August and got what I "think" is one roo and one little girl. We then bought 2 red sex-linked hens about a month later...
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