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  1. NotTheMomma

    Sudden death?

    At a few days old, a hen will have her chicks out and about, teaching them to seek food. I personally do NOT stick to the temps in raising chicks. I watch their behavior. If they are huddling together, and making a lot of noise, they are cold. If they are splayed out for long periods and not...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Don't give up on broody hens! Or eggs that have been in the fridge! This year, I had no roosters. Some died from I guess old age, and my main rooster died defending his hens from a hawk. But this beautiful Light Brahma wanted to be a Momma!!! After trying unsuccessfully for two weeks to...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    27/30 They haven't slowed down much through-out this winter. I'm impressed, but overrun with eggs. Not selling them, and can't give 'em all away, so stuck with lots of eggs.
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    what to name

    I put a mini-zip tie on the leg of which ones I wanted to identify. Only a few of mine are 'marked' though. I left the tie rather loose, and thankfully they have been OK. Was worried at first they would snag it on something as mine do freerange.
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    recommend me a dust mask that will not fog my glasses?

    Apply an anti-fog cleaner on your glasses, and none of the masks should cause fogging. HTH!
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    You might be a crazy chicken lady/gent if...Go on, post yours!

    My son brought his gf over to meet us this weekend. First time meeting us. Instead of staying in out of the cold weather, he insisted on her going outside to the coop to see "HIS" chickens. Amazing enough, she never batted an eye, and went with him. Said she liked them. Hoping that means...
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    Which breed do you think is the friendliest? My vote goes for BR's!

    White Plymouth Rocks!!! I did NOT raise mine to be held, carried around, etc. Of course as tiny chicks we played with them, but after about 6 weeks, I talked to them, fed them, etc. Mine now freerange, and when I open the back door, they all come running and follow me around the yard, and in...
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    Egg-Sucking Dog Caught In The Act! Grrrr!

    I sympathize with ya! I too have an egg sucking dog. Mine is a mini dachshund. If she gets to the coop before I do, she eats the eggs that some lay in the milk crates. Before I realized she was eating the eggs, I left a full basket of them sitting on the kitchen table. The next morning...
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    What's the weirdest thing your chickens like to eat?

    mice Seriously. One of the cats brought one into the house and was playing with it, so my son took it outside and threw it for the other cats to kill....the chickens beat the cats to it, and wouldn't let the cats anywhere near it. One chicken ran around the yard with that mouse for over an...
  10. NotTheMomma

    You know you are "Country" when...

    When you spend hours sitting on a cinder block in the chicken run so you can watch a new momma hen and her three new chickies. Got nothing else done today either! Sooo sweet!
  11. NotTheMomma

    I have a pip and some peeping!

    All three have hatched. Gorgeous babies, and soo very tiny! All dark colored, and all EE crosses. I'm in heaven, and pray they all do OK during the night. Two seem awfully tired.
  12. NotTheMomma

    How many Eggs did you Sell today?

    ZERO!! Though I've been trying, and I've been giving a dozen to people trying to get them hooked. Today I made egg salad, deviled eggs, two german chocolate pies, and a chocolate pudding pie. So I'm using them myself.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    23/28 and THREE BABY CHICKS HATCHED!!!
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    So I got my first egg and then....

    Been there! Except it was in my PANTS POCKET! And I leaned down to get the EEs egg that was in the window well, and as soon as I bent down, crack. I felt something warm and slimy going down my leg. YUCKY!
  15. NotTheMomma

    I have a pip and some peeping!

    Congratulations!!!! I also have pipping today! My White Rock only has three BA/EE eggs under her, and two of them are pipping, and the third I can hear a tap, tap, tap! WOOHOO! Mr. Roo did his job, and Momma Hen did hers!!! Now if I can only stay away and let them do their thing. I can't...
  16. NotTheMomma

    The Price of Chicken Feed

    We have a co-op across the road from me, but they bring the grain in from somewhere else and you have to reorder it. I really need to check into it more to see if the prices are cheaper than what I'm paying now. I bought Purina Layena at TSC this week because I had the $2 off coupon they...
  17. NotTheMomma

    Light in the coop for the winter?

    I have a dust-t-dawn light in the yard near the coop. I wonder if that will give them enough light in the coop for extra laying? I know the roo crows at night!
  18. NotTheMomma

    Naughty Chicken!

    Too funny!! That is the exact same place my EE thinks would make a wonderful home! Ughh! Every time I get her to stop laying there, she finds somewhere else to lay. Even locking her in the coop for a week didn't help. She insists that I play "find the eggs" every day!
  19. NotTheMomma

    Rescue hens eating their own eggs

    Perhaps they need the extra protein right now? Or maybe they just haven't ever had access to the eggs before, therefore are eating them. Try gathering eggs as soon as possible after they lay them, and maybe they'll 'get over it'.
  20. NotTheMomma

    RIRs picking on the newbies in the pen

    Too much age and size difference. Once the youngest chicks are as big as the older ones, you'll be able to integrate easier. Once bigger, start by having the youngest ones NEAR the older ones, but in a safe area that the older ones can't get to.
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