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    Hen aggressive without rooster?

    I woke up this morning to what sounded like my hens being attacked. I went out to the coop to see what was happening and let them out and found that all the hens (including the pullets who have been sleeping in nest boxes their whole lives) were cowering up on the roosts while one big hen...
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    Broodies abandoned eggs and chick? Help!

    We don't have one! If I lose the eggs it won't be terrible cause we already have too many chickens. But will this little hatchling fare poorly outside a brooder?
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    Broodies abandoned eggs and chick? Help!

    I have 3 broodies who are caring for our 7 chicks. The chicks have hatched over the course of a week. One more hatched today and we have about 15 eggs left. Until today, they've taken turns sitting on eggs and caring for newborns but today they're ignoring them! The youngest chick is...
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    Post your little chickie pictures here ^_^

    This is our silkie rooster - the silkie hen got broody so we're not sure exactly who the mothers are. We think most will be half silkie, half americauna, but a couple of the chicks look like they might be more silkie. We're keeping our fingers crossed for more silkies! These two hatched on...
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    Silkie with strange behavior - possibly broody?

    We went to clean out the coop today and found our silkie sitting very quietly by herself in the nest box. I know silkies have a tendency to go broody, so I'm certainly not ruling that out. But what I found peculiar is that she was very unresponsive. I've read that hens get defensive and vocal...
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