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    White spots on head of Hyline (after 1.5 years)?

    Just a few days ago I noticed on one of my Hyline hens, Clover, that she had these distinct white spots on her head, behind her comb. They were NOT there a week ago (as pictured below). I thought she may have been pecked or something was stuck there, but upon closer inspection the spots are...
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    Changing a broody hen's nest to a maternity ward nest?

    Here's the context for my question: Recently I had a broody hen - the other chickens just laid their eggs next to her, despite her vocal annoyance. As there were no fertile eggs, on the eve of the 21st day I placed two newly hatched chicks from the stockfeeds shop underneath my broody hen. I...
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    Maternity Tent

    Last week I got two just-hatched chicks for my broody Clover. After they bonded in the nest overnight and a morning, I transferred them to a tent as a maternity ward. Here is my pullet Caraway having a peep into the tent, which I opened earlier this morning to see if Clover would go outside...
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    Fairy egg is heavy?

    A few weeks ago my Clover, Hy-Line hen, laid a fairy egg. This was between her being broody (January, and again now in March, 2025). It looks so cute! However the egg feels heavy, in fact I suspect it is full of yolk. I want to keep the egg intact, but I don't want it going rotten. How do I...
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    Please help re-design my walk-in coop

    My current coop is inside a corner of my tool shed, on its concrete slab. As I am getting three more chickens to add to my flock, I want to expand it and add an area for nesting boxes, but am unsure how to improve the layout. The chickens only sleep here, and one or two occasionally lay eggs...
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    Mixing heritage breed roosters with Hy-Line hens

    I currently have four Hy-Line hens (plus two Hy-Line and one Leghorn Cross pullets). They all do have their slight differences between each other. I am aware too that once a Hy-Line is bred with another breed, the offspring is no longer a Hy-Line Red Sex-Link. But would be a derivative...
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    A Couch for Chickens?

    I have an old outdoor rectangular-shaped lounge couch that has been sitting in my shed for nearly three years. It was acquired with a big bunch of furniture that I bought during house-hunting, so I just grabbed it at the time. I tried it in my house, then my back patio, but didn't like it much...
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    How long can a chicken be broody for?

    As mentioned in another thread, my Hy-Line hen Clover is currently broody. Earlier in January 2025 I was away for two weeks. During that time, a friend of mine checking on my chickens noticed she was absent - in fact she was just hidden in the coop sitting on a big pile of eggs! I have...
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    WANTED: Frizzle fertilised eggs (Western Australia)

    Hello, I live in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia, and am seeking some fertilised eggs from a Frizzle hen. One of my hens is broody (for the second time), so I'd like to place some fertilised eggs for her to hatch and then raise the chicks. I would really like some Frizzles in my flock...
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    Clover my Broody Beauty

    My darling HyLine hen Clover went broody for the second time in her life, earlier this month. I was away for a couple of weeks, and although I had a friend collect the eggs occasionally, a clutch formed and Clover decided to try and hatch them. Clover's nest is in a corner of the coop - the...
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    Hy-Lines attacking my Leghorn

    Hello, I joined this thread to seek help with managing the bullying amongst my flock. I have four brown-reddish Hy-Line chooks (twins Cumin and Coriander, Cardamon, and Clover), and a white Leghorn named Chamomile. I bought the Hy-Lines over a year ago, while Chamomile was hatched at the end...
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    Hello there!

    Hello there! My name is Pete. I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia, with my five chooks! I have four 1 year-old Hy-Lines, named Cumin, Coriander, Cardamom, and Clover, and a seven month-old Leghorn named Chamomile. I am relatively new to raising chickens. When I was little my paternal...
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