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  1. Jojosine

    How did your flock annoy you today?

    That is pretty impressive! Very good mother that one is 😍
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    A few years ago we had one missing and thought she had been grabbed, only to hear a racket near the henhouse 3 weeks later: lo and behold, there she was with 7 (!) chicks in tow trying to get into the run. This was totally unexpected as we also just had 2 broodies hatching 6 eggs, so all of...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    6am is late! Our rooster crows every night at 4am in total darkness.
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    It was really yesterday, but hey, what does one day matter? Mum and 2 chicks were having a nice day out to the 'park', aka the large outdoor run, only to come back home finding it completely trashed with poop on the plates (food tray) and mugs (water bowl) and smeared against their bedroom...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    No, no, not biting: she thinks she is a monkey and is simply removing the insects from your fur 😁
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    Blondies are not the sharpest tools in the kit. We've got one called Blondie too and she is just dumb.
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    My 2 3-weeks old chicks and mum were separated in a pen inside the large run where the rest of the flock resides. Not even one hour and the chicks were out, mum breaking through the fence, only to be attacked by the flock and me having to step in to separate them all again. I think my next...
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    Three Broody Hens mixing and sharing clutches.

    Hi there we had 2 broodies (plus 1 extra that was missing but came back with 7 chicks in tow!) a couple of years back. Because the missing one was named 'Bib Vicious' we had to separate all of the mothers + chicks as she would attack all of them. I've made a video on how we managed, but I can...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    We built them a 'get into the grass' area today, all covered and secure we thought. Well no: the two little ones managed to get out within one hour all confused and wanting to get back to mummy! They are only 2 weeks and 2 days old and smaller than we thought..
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    So we clipped the escapee's wings yesterday and somehow she managed to get out AGAIN! .. using the little covered area I built for the little chicks as a spring board! Thing is, she doesn't even know where she wants to go when out. Oh wait, she does know: back in!
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    Just following their jungle fowl instinct 😅
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    There is one chicken which can fly really high and manages to escape all the time. No other chickens are able too (the fence is 2m high (6.5 feet) so she's got to be admired too. Is there a Guinness Book of Records for highest flying chicken? This morning she was out wandering in the flower and...
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    Should I give up?

    So.... we got 2 chicks out of 9 eggs. It was always a bit of a gamble with a limping rooster and older hens. But I am glad to say that we welcome Willow & Wubbo to our flock 😇
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    How long will hen stay on the nest once some of her 9 eggs have hatched?

    Thank you, that really helped. We'll put water in mini-drinkers out in front of the nest tomorrow morning and keep our fingers crossed for the remaining eggs. Today is Day 22, so maybe everyone is just later than usual. Sadly, patience is not my virtue 😄
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    How long will hen stay on the nest once some of her 9 eggs have hatched?

    I am slightly confused about the hatching times: usually they hatch on day 21, but if a broody stays for another 72 hours on unhatched eggs, that would than be closer to 25 days. Can it really be this far apart? I posted yesterday morning that my broody was on day 21 (possibly) and nothing had...
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    Should I give up?

    Quick update: when I refilled her water, I managed to have a sneak peek in the broody coop and there was one egg empty and broken in half. She was also muttering softly and sat tight on the other eggs. I didn't see any movement just yet, but I guess the broken egg is a good sign! :thumbsup
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    Should I give up?

    Hi all we have a broody sitting on eggs and today is (possibly) day 21, but there is no sign of hatching whatsoever and she also moved the eggs slightly since yesterday. It was always going to be a guess because our rooster limps, but still manages to do his job :-) with most girls. Then we...
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    They have eaten all the unripe (!) currants from the bushes and still have the guts to stare at me through the fence asking for more treats.
  19. Jojosine

    Has anyone crossed cream legbars with light Sussex

    Absolutely adorable! My Light Sussex girl has only been sitting on eggs for 3 days but I already can't wait to see what we might get. The father is a cream legbar and has fathered 13 chicks, but they were possibly all with black Daisybell chickens and none turned out white. They all lay green...
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    CLEAN Jokes, Memes, and Pictures!

    We've got around 5 chickens..
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