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The Trouble with Hatching
This was an extraordinarily broody year on applewood farm. At least nine of our hens went broody over the summer, resulting in a population explosion in the chicken coops. We went from having around 24 chickens in early spring to … Continue reading
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Girls’ Night Out
We are still in a chick-hatching place at applewood farm these days. Our egg numbers have been down for about a month due to Excessive Broodiness. Six of our hens have gone broody thus far: one hatched two chicks, one hatched … Continue reading
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Tagged applewood farm, broody hens, chicks, coops, eggs, foxes, hatching eggs, lightening, mama, pecking, rainstorm, roosting, scratching, teenagers
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