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I have a very committed broody hen on eggs. She's in with the rest of the hens and cockerel but when I move her to a separate coop she refuses to go back to her eggs. I've shut her in with the eggs for 24 hours then opened the door to the pen attached but she rushes off and won't return to her eggs. If I let her, she goes straight back to the main hen house. She has been on the eggs for a week. Any suggestions about how to move her or should I give up?

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hi all, is there anybody selling fertilized broiler chicken eggs .

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Im looking for advice on hatching quail with a broody hen eg how many eggs per hen also how succesful has it been for you? i have hatched quail with incubators and fancy trying it with broodies

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ive lost a hen and a duck in the last 4 days in broad daylight,totally dissapeared without atrace of a feather,has this happened to anybody else and what was the solution.there is no holes in the fence and no sign of struggle anywhere in the backyard,im totally lost to what happened!!!

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I had a slightly unfortunate accident last year in that one of my chickens went off into the undergrowth to sit on eggs but one of my ducks must have laid an egg in her pile whilst she was off the nest and just the right time as one of the hatchlings was a duck. The chicken seemed to be fine with this and raised her with the chicks. Tweeter now has a very happy life hanging out with his chicken friends, he even manages to get up and balance on their perch in the mornings when I come down to their shed. Now dthat breeding season is upon us it has become very clear that he thinks he is a chicken as he is now trying to mount the chickens and chasing the cockerels off! Do you think the frustration of never being able to mate will be too much for him? He has never been in the water and does seem on all other respects very happy to be a chuck!

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Hi, i have 7 chickens and 1 cockeral, the hens we have had for a year but the Rusty the Cockeral for around 5 weeks, since then our Warren (Nutmeg) has gone a bit strange, as in not really bothered about fresh corn that we give them as a treat when normally she is the first one to it, she looks sorry for herself and doesnt seen to be laying either, does anyone have any ideas??? please help

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Hello all, and a thank you to any kind person who responds tomy question. I am planning to start breeding chickens for a supply of food and thinking that a Wyandotte hen with an Indian Game Cock might be a good idea,any thoughts.

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hi do you think its ok to put four chickens in my uncles gardern so we get more eggs?

its a flat overlooked gardern plus the nabours are nice.

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hi to all members,would anyone have ever heard of bubble eye in ducks,i have six ducks and one them had this little frothy dot on her eye,i googled it and this is what came up,couldnt get any info on it though,any help is greatly appreciated

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Hi There
Our eggs are increasing in numbers rapidly and i was wondering how the community washes their eggs,Any advice on a good washing system would be greatly appreciated,Iwas thinking on purchasing a 100 egg washing bucket ????????????????

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