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    Leghorn stole the nest

    Update! It's been a couple of days since the eggs hatched. Four chicks successfully hatched from the original ~12 eggs that the first hen was sitting on. Just a few days before they were due to hatch, I noticed the leghorn was kicking eggs from the box. I did candle them and saw that 8 had great...
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    Leghorn stole the nest

    For additional context. This is the first time I'm allowing the hens to sit within the main coup. Normally, I remove the broody moms and eggs to a smaller enclosed area. I wanted to see how the chicks are naturally raised within the flock rather than being introduced back in later. I've tried...
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    Leghorn stole the nest

    The young one appears to be sitting well. I have a camera just outside the coop entrance so I can see how often she gets up to poop and eat. Mostly, it is my daily removal of any new eggs that gets her up. Flys off. She's a very flighty girl. She has attempted to sit elsewhere on the eggs I...
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    Leghorn stole the nest

    As the title says, I have a white leghorn who kicked my broody senior mutt mom off. She had already been sitting for over two weeks and had proven to be a good mom in the past. I noticed in the last two days, one of my younger leghorns has booted her and taken over. I'm not planning to interfere...
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    Easter Egger Light Brahma cross

    My Brahma Roo is such a gentle lad with the girls, even tries to help sit on eggs. Unfortunately, I had to remove him to a separate area because he's now twice their size, they don't want to squat for him, and he crushes the eggs when he sits on them.
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    Rattling egg

    Found a egg today that sounds dry with a hard object inside. To preface, my hens don't like laying in the main house, young roosters keep making a mess of the nesting boxes. A couple weeks ago I made a heated box outside of the roost. They all love it and the eggs don't burst before I get a...
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    My birds are like sneaky teens

    I guess one of them decided to lay on top of the overhead chicken wire where I put a new raised outdoor box. So close but not quite!
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    My birds are like sneaky teens

    Oh they were going under originally. A very determined groundhog would tear a whole in the fencing weekly to get to their feeders. I've changed up the feeders and wrapped the lower two feet of fence in a thicker gauge wire. Now the most stubborn are going over. And yes, I think it's time for...
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    My birds are like sneaky teens

    The signs have been all over. From eaten seedlings in the garden to fresh piles of poop on my back steps. The chickens have been slipping out of the redone run. I installed outdoor cameras over the weekend that alert my phone of movement. Unsurprisingly I'm finding my usual wandering culprits...
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    Cornish Cross laid an egg.

    Just as the title says, my female Cornish Cross laid an egg. I've been keeping her inside my mudroom ever since I noticed a big gash thanks to the rooster trying to mount her. Well to my surprise tonight when I went to clean the bedding and change out her water, I found her laying next to a egg...
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    Cockerels?

    He did grow his feathers back, all of them! I ended up keeping him, and he looks very striking now. The damage he took from that raccoon went to the bone, so I am constantly surprised by how well he recovered. 3-4 did end up being pullets/hens and laid gorgeously blue eggs. I choose to sell them...
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    What are you adding to your flock this year?

    Good to hear of those who take in the TSC stragglers. On my last trip, I noticed the pekin ducks were marked at $1.00 each. I miss my ducks but I'm staying firm on keeping the mud makers out of the coop for a while. I did try to convince my mother to raise them, but no go.
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    What are you adding to your flock this year?

    He's been a great Rooster, and I'm not getting rid of him. But I don't want the possibility of him breeding next year. I don't have the space to do split flocks, which means he's a risk of potentially breeding with daughters and granddaughters. Not to mention I'm liking how big my Light Brahma...
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    What are you adding to your flock this year?

    Despite one broody hen trying to add more, my flock is done multiplying for the year (fingers crossed). I have instead been attempting to reduce and selectively pick who I will keep and who will go. Not the easiest task, I have difficulty deciding which of my gorgeous roosters I will keep, and I...
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    Possibly egg bound?

    I'll get some ordered to keep on hand. She never laid an egg yesterday but she was walking normally and full of spunk. I'll check her again this afternoon, but I didn't feel any impactions in her last night.
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