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So You Want To Raise Backyard Chickens: 5 of a 5 Part Series

March 20, 2011

Well the flock will be one year old in June. We have survived our first Northeast Winter and we just just hatched our own eggs. I think it is now time that I write the final chapter in my guide to raising chickens. I’ve touched upon these topics now and then with some of the…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Chick Fever

March 15, 2011

Number 8’s pip hole Yesterday evening, both eggs number 8 and 9 had pip holes. Number eight arrived around 7 pm and what a shock! Once number 8 was completely dried after sitting underneath Dolly, I discovered that egg number 8’s color was different. I was mistaken in my last posts. After some researching, it…

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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

Candling the Eggs

February 26, 2011

A new life in the making Yesterday, the kids and I candled the eggs for the first time. We did not entirely know what we were doing, but thought that all good farmers candle their eggs for viability, so we should probably do the same. I went in to the garage and found a small…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Taking a Break

February 25, 2011

Mama Dolly takes a break I am finding that Dolly needs to be removed a couple of times from the nest during the day. When I do, she quickly eats and drinks, then she returns to her eggs. She had a large broody poo yesterday. Boy, did that stink! I think she feel stiff from…

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So You Want To Raise Backyard Chickens: 5 of a 5 Part Series

Chick Fever

Candling the Eggs

Taking a Break

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