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    Dog thread!🐾

    Hahaha, that's adorable!
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    Arizona Chickens

    Hm... that's an interesting question. Maybe: turmeric (yellow), beets (red/pink), blueberries?
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    Some clouds rolled through yesterday, no rain but they dropped the temps out of the 90s, a welcome break from the heat. It's 86° with 29% humidity at 12:45 P.M. The saguaros are blooming much too early. They're pretty, but it's a warning: too-early blooms indicate distressed plants and a...
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    Show me your sky

    Some clouds rolled through yesterday, dropped the temps under 90°.
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    Tell me about mixing chicks with adult hens

    Thank you for the info, everyone. It sounds like I can just leave them where they are. I'm looking forward to seeing the hens' reactions to the chicks. We have cameras in their coop/run so we won't miss anything. We're in the desert and the chickens can't free range (too many predators) so...
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    Tell me about mixing chicks with adult hens

    The nest box she chose is in a corner which is convenient. I could enclose that corner if necessary. I hadn't thought about the adults hurting the chicks unintentionally, that's a good point.
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    Tell me about mixing chicks with adult hens

    Flock of five adult hens, all two years old, all grew up together. The alpha is sitting on fertilized eggs in one of the nest boxes. There's no separate coop and run, it's all one enclosure. When/if the eggs hatch, will the chicks be safe around the other hens? They're not aggressive hens and...
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    First time broody hen & transporting fertilized eggs questions

    The breeder I bought them from was so nice. We chatted for more than an hour. Chicken people are awesome. ❤️
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    High of 94° with 10% humidity. Still hazy with poor air quality, bleh.
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    Show me your sky

    Yesterday. No real rain but we had a beautiful lightning storm.
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    First time broody hen & transporting fertilized eggs questions

    That's true. I removed it already, it's in our fridge in the house.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Thank you! She is such a beautiful hen. A redhead and our biggest hen, the alpha of her flock. She is large and in charge! This was just before she tucked the eggs under her. She could easily fit more. I didn't want to bother her too much with taking photos so I only took this one.
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    First time broody hen & transporting fertilized eggs questions

    Ta-daa! Here are the Aloha eggs: I candled the eggs before I left the farm and again when I got home to make sure they were okay. I wrote (in pencil) the date on each egg. No one in her flock lays eggs that color so there's little chance of confusing them. This is the happy mama. She left...
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    Arizona Chickens

    We got a lot of wind and dust and a few big drops, but no real rain. Yes, I just put eight eggs under our broody hen. She left the nest box while I removed the wood eggs and replaced them with real ones. Then she went back in and looked surprised. "Where did all these come from?" But she didn't...
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    Arizona Chickens

    It seems to be raining all around Tucson but nothing here yet!
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