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    Lame chicken (not Marek's) - A rare account of RECOVERY.

    Hello! Not sure if you still check your account but I loved your story and am dealing with something similar. Do you know where I can find the account of this guy with a lame rooster? I would love to see the massages and other things he did. Thank you so much!
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    Had anyone successfully had a hen adopt more chicks?

    Has anyone ever successfully had a mother hen who already has chicks a couple of weeks old adopt day old or about that age chicks? I had a hen quit on her eggs with only 4 days left and are in the incubator. I have a hen who has chicks a few weeks old. Is it possible I could put them under her...
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    Broody hen gone soft?

    I agree there is always an exception to the rule. I guess we never truly know until it happens. Thank you everyone for your comments.
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    Broody hen gone soft?

    Ahh she started laying eggs now. She is still sitting on the eggs but I’m going to borrow a friends incubator just in case. 😬 5 more days.
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    Broody hen gone soft?

    Interesting. I hope she continues to incubate them until they hatch. She seems to go on them for me fine when I put her back in the cage. Only 6 more days til hatch! 😬
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    Broody hen gone soft?

    Today I let her out for quite a while before the sun went down and she was trying to find the eggs in the old coop. Eventhough she was lost I was happy to see she was trying to find her eggs. When her demeanor started to change a week or so into her broodiness she left her eggs and just wanted...
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    Broody hen gone soft?

    She is a golden lace polish.
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    Broody hen gone soft?

    Thank you! I hope this is the case. She used to go back on her eggs after 10-20 min but now she won’t unless I go get her. I forgot once and was an hour thankfully I know the chicks are still growing from candling them but I was worried at the time.
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    Broody hen gone soft?

    I have a hen that started to go broody a few weeks ago. I gave her some eggs to set on and hatch and she did great for the first week. Then she kept getting pushed off the nest by other hens and she started to change. She would set on her eggs but would no longer cluck like a broody hen or get...
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