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Little is a mom again

Last post by Jaye « Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:00 am
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by Happy » Thu Jul 27, 2017 11:42 am
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Last post by Jaye
Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:00 am
Anybody want some future little broodies?

Last post by Happy « Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:52 pm
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by Happy » Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:14 pm
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She hasn't completely decided that she's serious but Little spent the past few days keeping golf balls warm.
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She even has a...
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Last post by Happy
Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:52 pm
Peepers today!

Last post by Farrier1987 « Sun Sep 17, 2017 7:13 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:49 pm

Two hens went broody at the same time and I got some easter eggs from a friend. Hatched today. Buffy has six, Duke has four. I do love my broodies....

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Last post by Farrier1987
Sun Sep 17, 2017 7:13 pm
Finally some broodies

Last post by Happy « Wed Sep 13, 2017 6:41 pm
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by Brebis » Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:45 pm
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We'll I've been waiting all summer for any of my hens to go broody. So finally, 2 have decided to go broody just as the rest of the girls seem to be...
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Last post by Happy
Wed Sep 13, 2017 6:41 pm
Another broody

Last post by kenya « Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:45 pm
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by Happy » Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:05 pm
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The first of the Cochin girls has been pressed down in a nesting box for a day and a half now. I took her out twice today to just see how serious she...
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Last post by kenya
Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:45 pm
Worried about my broody hen

Last post by thegawd « Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:00 am
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by Jaye » Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:57 am
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So my little Silkie hen has been sitting a second round of hatching eggs, due to hatch on the 18/19.
Every thing was fine as far a flock dynamics up...
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Last post by thegawd
Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:00 am
Bianca is two days overdue

Last post by Happy « Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:44 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:43 am
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So I set Bianca the 27th June, a Tuesday. Should have hatched Monday or Tuesday. Been checking under her the last few days. Six eggs, nothing...
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Last post by Happy
Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:44 pm
Day 18 - getting pretty anxious/excited

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Mon Jun 26, 2017 10:27 pm
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by Jaye » Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:41 pm
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So, 3 days left. Gracie has been pretty much awesome. Hoping this awful heat/humidity hasn't ruined things.
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Mon Jun 26, 2017 10:27 pm
Best broody breaker!

Last post by Happy « Mon Jun 26, 2017 6:42 pm
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by Happy » Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:35 pm

I have two more hens threatening to go broody. Lord help me!!!! Little is hiding eggs...I found her stash in a spare water fountain on a shelf 6 feet...

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Last post by Happy
Mon Jun 26, 2017 6:42 pm
New "Brooder Hen"

Last post by Happy « Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:49 pm
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by JimW » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:51 pm
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I have using light bulbs for heat in my brooder box.... expensive, bulbs don't seem to last long, fire hazard, so wanted a different heat source this...
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Last post by Happy
Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:49 pm
Question Day old buttons

Last post by kimszoo « Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:09 pm
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by goatgal35 » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:45 pm

Looking for suggestion on feeding and brooding button quail. That aren't due to hatch for 9 days but I want to be ready for them. There are only 2...

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Last post by kimszoo
Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:09 pm
Sad Sultan

Last post by kenya « Sat Apr 08, 2017 12:23 am
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by Silverlacedmom » Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:06 pm

So my parents back down in Texas have my birds and decided to let a hen hatch a few eggs. After about day 13 or so I told them to candle the eggs to...

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Last post by kenya
Sat Apr 08, 2017 12:23 am
Lost a chick

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:39 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:25 am

So Bianca had four chicks, all doing well last night, a week or so old. Let the bunch out this morning, and she was dragging something. It was a...

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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:39 pm
Broodies broodies broodies and breaking.

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by Farrier1987 » Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:44 pm

Just a few days til the equinox. Weather has been warm. And the girls are heating up.

I Set Bianca in early Feb, she is strutting about clucking...

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Last post by Farrier1987
Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:44 pm
Family Reunion

Last post by Farrier1987 « Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:47 am
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by Farrier1987 » Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:44 am

Family reunions get tougher and tougher to handle.

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Last post by Farrier1987
Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:47 am
Chicks first week in March

Last post by Killerbunny « Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:59 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:52 pm

So it is Bianca and she wants to have a family. She cant help herself. I cant help myself. 8 eggs. Will see what happens. Doing some math, we will...

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Last post by Killerbunny
Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:59 pm
The Science of broody?

Last post by thegawd « Sun Jan 08, 2017 2:02 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:54 am

I do like my broodies, but not in midwinter. Wife wont let me set them in the basement. She said it was the chickens or her. I haven't given her a...

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Last post by thegawd
Sun Jan 08, 2017 2:02 pm
Hatching with a tiny broody

Last post by ross « Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:48 pm
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by Happy » Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:15 pm
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Hoping to add a few Barred Rocks or similar layers to my coop this spring and since I battled broodiness with my one OEGB all last summer I'd might...
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Last post by ross
Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:48 pm
Dec 1 Peepers

Last post by Flat Rock Farm « Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:16 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:05 pm
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So I set Fondue Remembrance Day. Three weeks, and she is hatching today. Have four so far out of seven eggs set. Will see in the morning what has...
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Last post by Flat Rock Farm
Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:16 pm
Set for Dec 1 or so.

Last post by WLLady « Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:49 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Sat Nov 12, 2016 11:26 am

OK, so I said I wasn't going to set anything more this year. But Fondue, my very good brooder was in a family way. Screaming at me on the nest....

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Last post by WLLady
Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:49 pm
Day 21 and no chicks

Last post by Killerbunny « Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:53 pm
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by Satellite » Mon Oct 10, 2016 8:11 pm
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I am quite surprised and disappointed. ..no babies! They looked good at day 10. I didn't check again though. She is isolated in her own cozy pen and...
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Last post by Killerbunny
Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:53 pm
What is the latest you have allowed a broody to hatch eggs?

Last post by Flat Rock Farm « Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:04 pm
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by Satellite » Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:25 am
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I think I have a broody brewing and am contemplating allowing her to hatch a brood. Is is a foolish time of year?
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Last post by Flat Rock Farm
Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:04 pm
Question Broody and hatch day

Last post by windwalkingwolf « Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:23 pm
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by Maximus » Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:04 am
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My chicks are due to hatch tomorrow, sitting under my silkie.

I have been taking her out every day, off the nest, putting her at feeders and water...
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Last post by windwalkingwolf
Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:23 pm
Mysterious disappearance, predator?

Last post by Killerbunny « Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:09 pm
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by Farrier1987 » Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:29 am
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Everyone in the coop last night, except Bianca and her six chicks about 3 wks old. Got the eggs from Wllady, really looking forward to some Marans...
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Last post by Killerbunny
Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:09 pm
When do you turn the heat lamp off?

Last post by ross « Thu Jun 09, 2016 5:42 pm
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by Robbie » Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:12 am
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It was five degrees last night- I had all three heat lamps going in the barn, my chicks are four weeks old and some are fully feathered but most are...
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Thu Jun 09, 2016 5:42 pm

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