My Chicken Story: Close Calls With Hatching
My first hatch with a broody hen was over a decade ago. Since then I’ve had dozens of hens hatchContinue Reading
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Bitchin’ Chickens Broody Hens: Lessons Learned 2
Chicken Math, the desire for more birds than is perhaps practical, is an insidious thing. Last year, two of myContinue Reading
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Bitchin’ Chickens Broody Hens: Happy Families
Similar to menstruating co-workers or friends, some of my hens have appeared to sync up their cycles of broodiness. That’sContinue Reading
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Bitchin’ Chickens Broody Hen: One Spot
Dealing with broody hens can be a bit like a soap opera or even a Shakespearean tragicomedy, full of misstepsContinue Reading
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School Incubator Hatch: A Most Expensive Experience
My first broody hen hatched out chicks a decade ago. Over the next couple of years I had handful ofContinue Reading
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Tips To Increase Viability Of Hatching Eggs
There are a few ways you can get chicks: buy them, let a broody hen hatch them or use anContinue Reading
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More Adventures With Broody Hens
I had my first broody hen in 2012. I tried to break her; I didn’t have a rooster and hadn’tContinue Reading
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Assisted Hatch #4: To Intervene Or Not?
I’ve had 66 hatches with broody hens over the last decade. Most have gone according to plan, some with sadContinue Reading
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Hatching Egg Fails 2
Double Trouble
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Raising Chicks
From Hatch To 8 Weeks
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