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    Broody Hen With Head Shaking! HELP!

    Can I dust her while she is sitting on the eggs? We are getting so close to hatch day....
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    Broody Hen With Head Shaking! HELP!

    Every 10 or 15 seconds but I just went back out to look at her and she is back down on her eggs, closed her eyes and tucked her head under her feathers like she was going to sleep....its a bit chilly here today if that has anything to do with it. never seen her tuck her head like that but then...
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    Broody Hen With Head Shaking! HELP!

    I have a hen that has been sitting on eggs...today is day 16, with expected hatch day next week. I have been hand feeding and holding her water close enough for her to drink daily bc she doesn't want to get up and eat...she wants to sit on her precious eggs. Food and water is always in there...
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    Worming with DE

    Got my sweet "girls" in July and am wondering if anyone out there uses DE as a wormer. If so, how do you mix it with their food? Have you found it to be effective? How often? Any advice appreciated!!!!
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    Going away on vacation..

    This may sound like a very very silly question but here goes...We just got our 15 week old girls last week. We have worked daily with all 6 of them to get them "use" to us. Four will eat out of our hand and let us pet and hold them. Will all of our work be undone with us being gone for a full...
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    Hello!!!

    It is so heavy...dragging really isn't possible. Its actually allot heavier than I wanted it. It took 3 men on the coop end and me and another female on the lighter end just to get it in the spot we wanted. Its nice but very heavy. My husband is concerned we wont even be able to get wheels...
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    Hello!!!

    Hi everyone! I'm totally new to owning chickens. We got our "girls" this past Wednesday. I have one each of partridge rock, easter egger, rhode island red, Delaware, silver laced wayandotte, and a buff orpington. They are 15 weeks old! We LOVE them! So far 3 will eat out of my hand and two...
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