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    Anti Chicken neighbor/ update in first post

    We live in a rural area on 1/2 acre and the only folks on our road are us and the next door anti-chicken neighbor. The reason I know she's anti-chicken is the neighbor on the road behind us said she called the county on his next door friend who had "too many". Ok, so our hens have been free...
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    dark mass on day 3 candled egg

    Hi, I'm new to this and wondering what I'm looking at in our egg. When I candle I see a dark mass that moves when I move the egg. Like its floating with some tiny bubbles along with it. I'll try and get a pic. Its day 3 and it looks a little larger than on day 1, but don't see any veins or...
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    how many nest boxes per hen??

    I have four hens and one nest box. Is this good enough? All two of our eggs were found in the box lol, but they range all day too and I'm wondering if some of them are laying in the yard or do they know to share the box?
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    fertile egg question

    Hi, I hope this is the right place to post this question. We have 4 hens and our roo was killed 2 weeks ago, but he had mated with some of the girls. Now in the last week we have gotten a couple of eggs (the first one broke ). I'm wondering if they are fertile and how long would the eggs of...
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    dark line around the outside shell of newly laid egg

    Hi, we just got our second egg today and noticed there is a dark line wrapped around the outside of the shell. It doesn't appear cracked, but looks strange. Is this something to worry about? Thanks, Kat I'll try and post a pic
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    Aloha from the island farm

    Aloha all! We are starting a small farm here in Hawaii and have added some darling chicks ( 4 rhode island red/whites and 1 barred rock). We got them at 3 weeks and they are 4 1/2 months now and laying! Initially we had a roo, but a wild animal got him 2 weeks ago , but he did mate with some of...
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