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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    I have 5 chickens. 4 hens and 1 rooster but I have only put the pictures of the first two hens on the web page. I may have posted baby pictures of the others when I had all of them from the brood but I have not posted anything of the 3 that I kept of the original 9. I must correct that...
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    Wein315 Very interesting birds. I'm new at this so I haven't see some of these guys before. Nice to see everyone share.
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    The babies are 9 days old and seem to be doing well. Good mother hen.
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    Chick Checklist

    I hope someone can help. I have chicks that hatched today (my first). Our temps at night are in the 30s and 40s. Do I need to supply heat to the coop to help the hen keep the babies warm?
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    Setting 4/8 and 4/9! - Hatch-Along

    New egg here. After reading some of the other posts I'm worried about the babies that hatched today. This is the first batch of eggs and I don't know if the coop will stay warm enough for the babies. Our nights are in the 30s and 40s. Do I need to add heat to the coop? Do I need to do...
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    Chicks for the first Time

    HELP. New egg here. This is my first batch of eggs to raise. I have a total of 10 eggs under my bantam hen. They are hatching now. When will they start to eat. I have chick scratch for them. I've put the feeders down within reach. My hens normally free range during the day and get locked...
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Sunny Side Up, Thank you. My brother (source of my previous chicken information) has offered to give me fertile eggs for my girls. I may give it a try. I'm going to take baby steps on this process so I avoid messing anything up or ending up with chickens I am not equipped to take care of. I...
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Galanie, Thank you. I'm so new at this chicken thing, I figure I'm much safer asking, even the odd questions.
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Sunny Side Up, Very observant of you to ask if the source of the information is a man. Yes. But he claims he read it in a booklet written by a women with 60 years of experience with bantams. Go figure. I just had to ask. I'm at my wits end with my two broody girls. They are family so I...
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    This is more a question then a reply. I have been told that if I had a rooster my hens would stay "stimulated" and they would not go into a "broody" state of mind after laying for only a month. Now this information is coming from the same source that recommended the breeds I have. Is there...
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    Broodie, again? She has only been laying a month since her winter break.

    Thank you so much for responding to my plea. 1. Raising babies is not an option. (many reasons, space, time, etc) 2. Bigger coop is not an option due to space limits. Major landscaping project would be require for a larger coop. Besides, there are only two of us to use the eggs. I may have...
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    Broodie, again? She has only been laying a month since her winter break.

    Thank you. Not the answer I was hoping for. I may have to find a way to get another hen or two. The girls are fun to have around but the point was to have eggs. My coop is small so I have a problem to solve. 4 hens will really push the limits of space. Thank you for your help
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    Broodie, again? She has only been laying a month since her winter break.

    I hope someone can advise me. The larger of the two chickens in my avatar is starting to get broodie again. She didn't lay all winter because I didn't have the coop set up right to give them the light they needed. She has only been laying again for a month. Is she going to be in a permanent...
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    Why Aren't My Chickens Laying? Here Are Your Answers!

    I am so thankful for the advice I can find with this group of people. I am new at this and I only have a couple of hens and so far things have not gone as well as I would have liked but I can always count on you (all contributors) to direct me to solutions. I have not provided enough light to...
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    When will my broodies get back to laying?

    Just a quick thank you for the guidance and suggestions offered. I have a lot to learn and I'm thankful for this source for information and help. My hens thank you too.
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    When will my broodies get back to laying?

    I just registered and need some help with a broody hen problem too. I have two bantam hens (small flock) and both are broody. One has been broody for almost a month, the other for about 2 weeks. There are no eggs to sit on. I don't want babies. How long will this go on or how to I stop this...
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