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    F1-F2-C1 question

    I took biology in college and never came across chicken breeding.
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    Never had a broody hen?

    I have 25 broodies out of a laying flock of 50 hens. You are welcome to 20 of them if you are ever in Wa.
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    Need advice on a rooster with no legs

    You did an excellent job with him! Thank you so much for sharing your story, it's been such a help to me. I have a Polish hen, Nora, who hid outside overnight in -8 degree weather with almost 3 feet of snow, and both her feet are frostbitten. I'm waiting for them to fall off and will get her...
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    Oregon

    Thank you for trying, though. You took the time to try to make a difference.
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    Ended Official BYC Mini-Contest Series—Poultry and Pals Photo Contest

    My mastiff pup cookie with her chicks.
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    The best broody breed

    Oh, bummer.
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    The best broody breed

    I have English orpingtons. They go broody all summer. My lavenders are on their 2nd brood this summer and my chocolates are on their 3rd. You can have the 2 chocolates if you want. Seriously.
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    Why is nobody laying?!

    I'm surprised no one mentioned parasites as a cause for not laying eggs. I have tons of wild birds here and when my laying slows or I see bare butts, I treat them for mites. It works well, the laying increases after. It is a pain, since I have over 50 chickens ( I retire my old ladies to an old...
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    Polish Chickens - Pullet/Cockeral

    I'm voting both pullets. The white is, and the other's crest is too poofy for a boy.
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    Chick pecked by mother

    I have several sets of hens who choose to brood together and raise chicks together. This hasn't happened in the last 8 years I've been raising chickens. One pair hatches out the eggs and her partner takes the chicks. I don't separate broodies who brood together.
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    Can newly hatched chicks survive with the two mama hens who hatched them out?

    I have 5 banty english orpingtons who brooded together last year and raised the chick together. Then 4 of them went broody again and raised those chicks together. They are broody this year also in a group. Weird.
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    You should hear the one crow, lol. He sounds like an old squeaky door closing. At first I didn't know what the noise was, until I saw him trying so hard to crow.
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    Eggs with blood in them

    Yes, I am familiar with blood spots. She was saying that there was up to half the contents of the egg and a 7 or 9 day old embryo in 2 of them. (I sent her a video of egg incubation). It doesn't make sense that there would be both a lot of blood and an embryo in 2 eggs, and just a lot of blood...
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    Eggs with blood in them

    That's a great idea! I will do that!
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    Eggs with blood in them

    Yes, I agree. I think she was looking for me to replace her frying pan too. I am going to drop her as a customer. I would rather give eggs away to people I like than deal with a problem person every week. She got free eggs last week too since she didn't see the post that I would be an hour late.
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