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    Comment by 'akrafel' in article 'Guide to Letting Broody Hens Hatch and Raise Chicks'

    Where I live there are too many Cooper's Hawks (a type of falcon) to let small chicks out into the pasture with the others even with an aggressive mama. They just disappear. And the other hens attack them too. So I have a special pen for the hen to raise her chicks where she and her brood...
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    Please help - entire batch of chicks dying suddenly - TWICE

    I think it could be the electrolyte. Save a chick is for a sick chick with diarrhea not a healthy one. Too much salt might be causing heart problems. The convulsions suggest a cardiac arrest. Try plain water or a vitamin supplement like Rooster Booster instead.
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    Should I move my broody hen to hatch her chicks?

    I have found that if I disturb a hen that is setting more likely than not I break her broody and she will not reset and all is lost. This happens even if I remove her and her eggs at night. So I have learned to wait. I also found that when the little ones hatch, they stay under mama and do not...
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    Whole flock gone

    Check to see if their necks were broken. Canines can grab chickens and shake them hard, break their necks, leaving no external wounds, and drop them and go to next victim. The chickens may have piled up because there was no other place to go to get away. Some dogs do this for fun.
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    Devastated! Warning Graphical

    I am so sorry. I have experienced a scene just like this one. It was a dog that got in through a loose spot in the fence. I have lost so many chickens to raccoons and Cooper's Hawks, I finally built a raccoon proof chicken palace. It is easy to clean, keeps the chickens secure and rodents out...
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    Devastated! Warning Graphical

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