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My broody bantam Cochin has been sitting on about 14 eggs for two weeks now...funny to see her flatten out to cover all the eggs. Also have a bear visiting almost every morning...I thought the deer and moose were enough, now more frequent visits by the bear. We've always had a lot of wild-life...

Love this spring-like weather sprinkled with a little sugar snow!

To Relheok......Hi neighbor...welcome to BYC!

Hens in their coop were fine and squawking to get out into the run first thing this morning. The "teen-agers" in the grow out pen were okay as well. I was mostly concerned about my six week old chicks in their brooder...water wasn't frozen and the babies were doing well.

Quote: We have a local feed store here in St. J and I get his layer pellets for $12.99 (50# bag).

Quote: I have a hen that just turned broody and she's stealing eggs so this evening I put 4 newly hatched chicks with her but she didn't seem too keen on the idea. Guess I'll try a little longer each day and see if she take to them.

My girls stayed close to heir coop, occasionally venturing out to the run.

Greetings from St. Johnsbury...I have 3 comets, 2 barred rocks, 2 EEs ... 3months old and two silkies ...4 to 5 month olds. In June I purchased 6 "teens" 4 silkies and two Cochin mixes...turns out 5 were cockerels, fortunately I was able to find good homes for 4 of them. The 2 Cochins left 2...