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  1. shastagoose

    Let's play " Celebrity Hens"....

    Let's see how many of y'all can join in on this one. Give it your best shot... name some Celebrity Hens. I'll start.. Susan Sarandhen, Terry Hatcher , Oprah Henfrey... your turn : )
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    Girls gettin lazy? Or just spoiled...

    Our girls are 3 years old. They have an AWESOME coop and lots of room to roam. Mama gives them goodies..lettuce , carrots, ect, daily. The last month, they have slowed down. 7 hens, 2 eggs a day. Are we filling them up with goodies? OK.. we stopped giving them goodies, now... no eggs. . are they...
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    Fence posts ??? How far apart

    I put mine 6 feet apart. Here is a way to keep predators out... The wire on the walls of the coop is 1/4 inch hardware wire, then I dug inside along the ground at the walls 1 1/2 feet down and 2 feet in, put the wire from the walls down and in, then added road base on the wire packed it down...
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    "Water Balloon" Eggs...

    I have been finding these eggs that have no shell. They look and feel like water balloons. Any one have this happen? And why does this happen? Thanx.
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    chicken coop names...

    Our girls love their coop. split level, 2 story nesting boxes, custom doors... we call their safe house.. "Cluck a traz".
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    We lost our little baby....

    Thank you all for your comments, we love our girls. And to lose one sucks!!!!!
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    We lost our little baby....

    Just wanted to share our loss. Our little white baby.."betty white", passed away tonight in my wifes arms tonight. She was playing in the mister a little too long, and caught a cold. We brought her inside, and gave her meds, but to no avail, she left us peacefully. We will miss her. Thanx for...
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    Multiple eggs from one hen?

    One of my hens, the boss gal, has laid two eggs today. Once in the am, and one in the afternoon. I thought she was goin broody, cause she was sitting on empty nest after I took the eggs. The BLAM! Another egg!. Is this normal?
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    Crazy easy way to make hard boiled eggs

    Here is a COOL way to shell the eggs.. put a teaspoon of baking soda in the water, stir, add eggs. Bring to a boil. Set in ice bath.. ./ Now the cool part... break both ends off, just a bit.. 1/2 inch on both sides. Put in your hand, close your hand around the egg, not too tight, but tight...
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    Putting babies underneath the hens?

    Is it safe to put new babies under a laying hen? Would they accept them? or kill them?
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    Babies and cats...?

    I have two very cool inside kitties, well behaved. A nice coop outside with girls going on 2 years now, no rooster. There are some healthy cuuuuuute babies I want, pullets I am told. And it is too hot outside 100 +. Does anyone know a good safe way to raise them indoors safely with the cats...
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    Red Eggs?

    Hi all, I was looking at someones post, and I saw a red egg mixed in with the others, does anyone know what layes a red egg? Just curious...
  13. shastagoose

    The Celebrity Game!

    Oprah Henfrey..Susan Sarandhen..Molly Hatchit lol
  14. shastagoose

    The Celebrity Game!

    Barred Rock Obama and Hillary ClintHEN
  15. shastagoose

    WIERD......

    OK.. This is WIERD..... My Americauna has always layed green eggs. TODAY.. she plopped out a brown one... Is this normal? Hmmmmmmm.
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    My hen is possesed!

    No gag no joke. this is for real.. I think she needs an eggsorcism..
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    Too broody

    We dunked her in a pail of sun warm water for 10 minutes. She was good for about an hour, then right back to sittting on nothin.. I was told to seperate her with food and water for a couple of weeks. Gonna try it starting tommorrow.
  18. shastagoose

    Gettign your hen to sit?

    Hey, you can have mine... all she does is sit sit sit..... I can't get her off the nest. Can you say.... Chicken Codon Bleu?
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    ITS NOT A BED GIRLY........

    If she want's to be a mama, wouldn't you think she would have the itchin for a rooster? We have never had one.. so where does the mama thing come from? Hereditary? We also have to move her during the day, so she can get excercise, or she stiffens up...
  20. shastagoose

    ITS NOT A BED GIRLY........

    We have three hens, and no rooster. They were all laying just fine, then Bashful decided she just wants to sit and sleep on the nest, with or without an egg. We move her but she gets rite back up there after a quick bite and water. She is so stiff in the morning that it takes her awhile to get...
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