Posts by shardean

I have 2 hens with 2 week old chicks ( co parenting ) and another hen who's chicks just hatched...they are all in the same enclosure ....but separate nests. The new mom has not brought her chicks out yet, hatched yesterday. She does...

does anyone know if you can mix hens and their chicks? I have hens co raising a clutch of 8 chicks. Now in the same enclosure another hens chicks just hatched. Can they all be together? Or will hens hurt the other hens new chicks? They...

I have 2 hens with 2 week old chicks ( co parenting ) and another hen who's chicks just hatched...they are all in the same enclosure ....but separate nests. The new mom has not brought her chicks out yet, hatched yesterday. She does...

Ok I found it...It's about 2/3rds down this page the name of the thread is"how old was the oldest eggs you ever hatched" It was started on 4/1/13 but someone commented on it today. And someone had babies hatch out of 4 week old eggs. a...

I think you would keep them in a cool area..I also heard to alternate elevating one end of the carton they are in. there was a thread on here I saw the other day and I think the longest was 3 weeks..I had some for 2 weeks and they...

Is there any way you could borrow an incubator at day 18 just for the last few days? Or make a home made one? What kind of bator do you have? any way to kind of divide it and keep less water under the eggs that will be 4 days behind? I...

I had 2 hens co sitting 18 eggs..I expected them to hatch last week from when I saw her start sitting. Well today there are 8 chicks! YAY! Not sure if anymore will hatch. Both hens were off the rest of the eggs for a couple of hours...

OK I had 2 hens co sitting 18 eggs that I thought would hatch last week. I wrote earlier about having a couple hatch in the last 24 hours, well late this afternoon the hens brought the chicks out of the nest and there are 8! I'm so...

Wow I was having the same issue..one started sitting then other hens kept laying in the nest she was sitting! Then another hen started sitting with her! After about 6 days of this I moved both to another coop and set up a nest in a...

thanks..the main hen is a little banty cochin...she is very sweet. I think she would be OK..The other hens kept laying eggs in her nest for 5 or 6 days before I moved her and her sitting buddy. the hen co sitting with her is a first...