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    Noisy Chicks under hen?

    This was the first day I noticed the chirping. They have access to food and water and I have seen them eat and drink frequently. So cute to watch them all spill out of the nest. Then run back under mama. Their trips out from under have been prolonged and she keeps switching between the two...
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    Noisy Chicks under hen?

    I have four 8 day old chicks hatched under broody hen. Today I noticed very low, near constant cheeping every time I checked the coop today. They are under the hen and still making noise. It is not loud and is not their distress cry... I heard that the other day when I cleaned the coop...
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    Broody Hatched Chicks

    It is zero degrees today and zero in the coop. I have really need to clean the coop out thoroughly, but Mama hasn't taken the chicks out yet. They are 8 days old and the ramp out of the coop is pretty steep and its been very cold. We have a small coop with a run underneath. Currently the run...
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    Broody Hatched Chicks

    We put up clear plastic around the run, and especially underneath the nesting box where she has them...hoping to keep the box a touch warmer. She is taking care of them. We let our one other chicken be introduced to the chicks.... she seemed overwhelmed and ran away. The other chicken has...
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    Egg eating?

    I would wait and keep an eye on it. If the egg was already broken perhaps they took advantage of the situation. My chickens will eat a broken egg, with slightly terrifying enthusiasm, but will not break an egg on their own to eat it.
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    Chicks in raised coop w/hen?

    So 4/6 eggs hatched yesterday. Not really expecting the last two to hatch. I am still concerned about the height of the coop. It still seems so high. And the chicks seem a bit uncoordinated( i know they are only a day old)...I just imagine one tumbling down the ramp. Any idea when she...
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    Broody Hatched Chicks

    So my hen Brownie went broody for the third time this year so we decided to let her hatch some eggs. I ordered shipped eggs, knowing they don't always have great hatch rates, but thinking it would be a fun experiment. 4/6 have hatched yesterday! She is taking them to food/ water and...
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    Broody had chicks, 0' degrees on the way

    Yay! For the first chick. I think there are at least 2 but I can't tell, they are under her and it is so cold I don't want to open the big door to the coop unless I have to. My husband does not want me to bring her in. I am trying to figure out if i do the best way to move everyone...
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    Broody had chicks, 0' degrees on the way

    I am in the same situation. I saw the first hatched chick today and there are 5 more eggs under the hen. It is supposed to be low teens the next few days and zero next week. I can change water out multiple times a day this week since I am off work until the 3rd. But after that what do I do...
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    Chicks in raised coop w/hen?

    7 eggs. Fortunately we will be off work until the 3rd so we will be able to keep a good eye on things that first week.
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    Chicks in raised coop w/hen?

    we are in KY. Usually in the 40's during the day. But right now it is colder and a little snow is expected next week. Eggs aren't due to hatch until right after Christmas. And the weather might be cold or it might by 60+....KY is weird like that. My husband mentioned building sides to...
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    Chicks in raised coop w/hen?

    We have a broody hen that this is the third time this year she has gone broody so we bought some fertilized eggs for her to sit on. If any of them hatch my concerns are about our coop. Our coop is raised off the ground. I worry about the chicks being unable to manage the ramp or falling...
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