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Well, yay! Here I was, feeling a little chagrined about all this bad stryobator talk, because my one an only incubator is a stryofoam one, and then you put up the one I have and say you'd get it? I feel a lot better now. I've only hatched once - set last year at Christmas. I got 12 chicks...

Ah HA! That is a New Hampshire Red. By the time I get home where I can post a picture of the two pullets I picked up this summer that were sold as NHRs, I know this thread will be about 20+ pages away, but what I got is obviously NOT NHRs - they have white interspersed with their red feathers...

So, a broody can raise a group of chicks in the flock? The littles won't get beaten up?

For those that cull chickens throughout the year, how do you keep your flock size up? Do you add new hens once a year? A new hen every time you cull? Do you start a new flock? Guess you have to have plenty of room for that last one. I'm limited to two coops - one holds up to 16 and the...

I have always wanted a GP, but I just can't see one truly being comfortable down here near Houston. It's not just HOT, its hot and HUMID. From April to October, we live in a sauna. What I do have is rescued Australian Shepherds. Between losing my last one and getting my current one, I got...

Can chickens go broody while in a molt? My most picked on EE, Jade, has been spending a lot of time in the nest box lately. She doesn't do the squawk & growl that the Orpington and the Brahma do when they're broody and I go in to kick them out of the coop. Is it possible she's getting sick...