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    I think my rooster killed one of my hens :-(

    This afternoon I went out to the back yard and see my rooster 'mating' a lump of feathers in an odd fashion. It just looked wrong. I went to check it out and it was one of my young pullets. Her neck was broken, and she had a bloody wound on the back of her neck. Let me give you the facts then...
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    "chirp chirp chirp" said the egg!

    Apparently my broody abandoned the nest (3 eggs) to adopt a runt from another hatch. I found her this morning brooding over the tiny chick and her eggs were very cold. Having no idea when she got off the nest I left them alone with the intention of sending my husband out to collect and dispose...
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    Four chicks need a home in lower Fairfield County, CT

    Just saw the following on my FB page: "Emergency FB adoption. USPS shipping error. We have 4 female assorted bantams in lower Fairfield County, CT that need a home. Please email [email protected] if you can pick them up today by 5:30"
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    Poor Hatch Rate Under Broody? Why?

    My Austrolorp has set twice this summer... well, three times if you include her noble attempt to hatch golf balls and me sneaking babies under her during the early spring. The second hatch only 1 survived out of 4. I blamed myself for handling the eggs too much. I candled daily and didn't know...
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    Broody Again! Excerpts from my diary...

    September 3, 2011 Broody Again and Again and Again... I let the clan out for a bit of free ranging today. My baby girl, Una (The only egg that hatched under Bindy last time she was broody) is now just 6 weeks old. She was running around peeping fit to be tied. "Where's My Momma!!! Momma? Mom...
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    Bindy the Broody Australorp - Excerpts from my diary

    Moved the thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7384282#p7384282
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    Wish I had a camera.... I'm so glad I listened to you!

    This morning I hear my 8 week old (just introduced to the flock and on her own because mama is broody AGAIN) chick peeping fit to be tied down in the run. I thought I better go investigate, make sure she isn't getting picked on. I go down there and see nothing out of the ordinary but everyone is...
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    Happy Birthday Eggs!!!

    Just stumbled across this on You Tube and I had to share with my chicken friends.
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    Broody coughing sneezing gurgling in chest- antibiotics? Please help.

    Yesterday I went out to the coop to check on my broody and her 3 week old chick. We have a brooder pen cornered off in the main run for mama's and baby's. So I notice my broody is panting and gurgling. I also heard her cough and sneeze, and noticed her comb and wattles are a bit pale.. I'm...
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    I have this cute little mutt - what color will her eggs be?

    8 eggs under a broody and only one hatched. Mama hen got nest confused while we were away one weekend and I came home to cold eggs. She's a little miracle and she's quite a mix. Her mama is a Easter Egger her daddy is a silkie X golden comet sexlink. :-) I sexed her the day she hatched and I'm...
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    First Pip! What's next and help me fix my goof.

    My broody Australorp is sitting on 4 eggs and the first one has pipped and I'm so excited!!! Now here's the issue... Day 1: I put 12 eggs under her and we left for a 3 day weekend. Well, she got nest confused and I came home to cold eggs. HUbby said just leave them and see what happens. That...
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    What the heck is it? (Delaware or Columbian Wyandotte maybe?)

    My husband and I broke my broody austrolorp by sticking day old chicks under her in the middle of the night. He went to the local feed store and got a barred rock chick and a baby from a bin labled "black sex link." This little baby was all white fuzz (and, according to my husband, all her bin...
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    This is why I love my chickens *pic*

    I have an almost 4 week old silkie mix that was hatched by my BA. She's been a good mama but a couple days ago she flew the broody box and started laying and roosting again. The couple times I checked on the chick he (I think he's a he... I named him Axel) was up on the roost snuggling with...
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    BA Broody abandoned 3 week old chick... should I do anything?

    My BA hatched 3 eggs a few weeks ago and unfortunately only one has survived to this day. 1 disappeared yesterday... Hawk I'm afraid. The other zigged when my 6 year old was trying to zag. It was a very sad accident. The last few nights I went out to check on the coop and found mama up on the...
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    What are the odds of my broody taking in new babies?

    I have a broody with 2 chicks that are a week old. I want to pick up 4 more 1 day old chicks from TSC next week. What are the odds of adding the babies to her current brood without mama or the older chicks picking on the babies?
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    the Awwww!!! Factor

    I gave her 4 eggs when she went broody. The eggs came from my Golden Comets and my Silkie Roo (what a combo huh?) All but 1 hatched and was deemed a dud. This is what I ended up with:
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    9 month old RIR died today - need some suggestions

    I had a 9 month old laying hen die this afternoon. She didn't come out when I let the rest of the gang out to free range yesterday. I found her walking slowly, her backside covered in green watery poop. I brought her in the house and attempted to hydrate / feed her by hand. She was so sick. She...
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    questions about handling fertile eggs

    I answered an add today from a local who got his granddaughter and incubator for Christmas and is looking for test run eggs. I have a small mixed flock with one ugly silkie roo and they lay fertile eggs every day. Now this man wants a dozen eggs. My flock only lays 4-5 eggs a day. How do I...
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    Gone Broody... now what?

    I have a 9 month old sweety of a BA that has gone broody. She was in her nest box this morning and screamed at me when I went in the coop. This afternoon she's still in there and still screaming when I go in the coop. I've never had a broody before and the only roo I have is a black silkie I...
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    Roo Attack... Solution on page 4!!

    I have an 8 month old Brown Leghorn who has gotten to the point of attacking everything that comes in the run. KNowing that, I should have been more careful. The door leading to the run is only 4 feet high. It's an old small dog kennel door that we recycled. I have to stoop to get into the run...
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