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I just did that as a test to see if mom was going to make the cluck sound and break up the bread in pieces for the babies like she should do. When i saw her eat the bread and not give the cluck baby call, i kinda knew i was pretty much defeated. But i gave it my best. I just went outside and mom...

Im conceding failure. Mom was clamping her wings down and would not let the chicks under her. As the chicks went from one side to the other, mom followed them with her head and blocked them from going underneath her. The temp in that broody house has dropped to 80 and i was afraid that she would...

Heres the visual status. Im still concerned that mom ate that bread and did not break it up for the babies. We will see. Im not claiming victory yet.

i just took a small piece of bread out to mom to see if she would break it up for the babies and she did not :( she ate it herself. thats discouraging to me.

ok, the cream legbars came in today and i put them under the sweeter heater for about an hour. The friend i have insisted that its not a good idea to introduce them at night because there is no way you could intervene if something happens in the middle of the night. So, i rubbed one of the eggs...

I'm soon happy that mom accepted the chick for you. i hope it goes that well for me but i have 4 chicks to try it with. i will do just one first to see what happens. im sick to my stomach already and the chicks are not even here yet.

just got a tote set up with pine shavings in it and the sweeter heater running so i can get it settled at the right temp just in case my luck is not as good as yours. my buff is the gentlest chicken we have be she absolutely defends her nest while sitting on eggs. I'm afraid my experience will...

sounds like things are going well so far. I'm going to go through the same exact stress tomorrow. im not looking forward to it. we treat our chickens like pets not animals. spoiled rotten. please keep this thread updated with your progress and reactions. thanks

I'm the original poster so i can surely not give you sound advise. do you hear the chick making any noise or see the chick ? is mom attacking the chick or just sitting on the nest as normal ? if you put your hand in there does mom attack your hand ? if she attacks you then thats a good sign. it...

does anyone have any ideas or tricks / instructions to sitting day old chicks under a broody mom ? I have a buff hen that's sitting on 2 eggs that i feel will never hatch but she won't give up. This is day 25 and i found 4 - day old cream legbar pullets that will be here either tomorrow or...