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    Broody hatching chicks, worried about the weather

    Thank for the reply! I wasn't going to move them inside, but I think this weather isn't a "normal" circumstance. I'm to afraid the hen will eventually need to get off the nest and the chicks will follow her to their doom, especially since its supposed to rain for the next 48 hrs! So I have a...
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    Broody hatching chicks, worried about the weather

    Hi all, my broody's eggs are hatching today...my first ever hatching experiance. Can't begin to say how excited I am! Anyway, the weather is now crappy, it was gorgeous yesterday, but now 40 and raining. We might get a little snow tomorrow and will get to 32 tonight! I'm in Missouri, the broody...
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    Broody Hen's Eggs under Attack! Help!

    Thank you for the response... I thought that would be the answer. They have been opening up the other eggs (one a day) in the coop for the past 3 days or more. Today was the first day I saw them try to get the broodies eggs. Its a good thing I was there and interupted them, it could have been...
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    Broody Hen's Eggs under Attack! Help!

    Anyone out there with experiance with behavior like this? I really need some opinions here!
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    Broody Hen's Eggs under Attack! Help!

    I need help! I have a broody banty that is sitting on a clutch of 6 eggs for 7 days now. She is in a spacius pen/coop with 6 other chickens, 3 standaZrds and 3 other bantys. 3 days ago the banty eggs laid by the other girls were beng eaten, I researched here and started giving them there own...
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    Broody Hen in a bad spot

    Hello all, I'm going to try hatching some eggs with my dominique banty for the first time! She has been broody and on the nest for 3 days. I'm buying her a doz fertilized eggs from a farm this afternoon, will probably give her 6-8 to lay on. My problem is that she is sitting in the very back...
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    Can anyone tell me....

    Its a millie fleur d'uccle, a gorgeous one at that!
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    Help sexing my BR and EE chicks

    All your BRs look like pullets to me, and i dont know EE so someone else will have to take a look.
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    Funny story, please confirm my breed guess

    ^^^^^^^Thank you very much! Your SS is totally identical to these chicks.
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    Funny story, please confirm my breed guess

    pictures of the other 2 chicks
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    Funny story, please confirm my breed guess

    So I went and picked up some chicks at estes hatchery, not the best experiance but anyhow.... I orderd 3 salmaon faverolles along with a few other chicks and I was so distracted by my kids lol that I never even noticed the chick didn't have feathers on their legs or 5 toes! I DID notice their...
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    Estes Hatchery - Bad Experience ordering locally?

    I just got some chicks from Estes last friday. I am local so I called the day before, placed an order and then drove there to pick them up. I didn't have a problem with placing the order on the phone, I ordered 3 GLW, 3 salmon Faverolles, and 2 royal palm turkeys. I ordered pullets in the GLW...
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    Bedding for chicks?

    I use regular straw..... I would use pine shavings but can't seem to find any. Go figure! The straw works just fine, although I think it would be too hard for brand new babies to get a footing in. I'm sure the shavings or pellets would do better with absorbing odors and liqued.
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    Do male chicks practice crowing?

    Wow haha no way! Thats such an adorable video! And here I am thinking I was asking a dumb question! Thanks so much guys, now I know I'm not going crazy when I hear sounds like that comeing from the brooder!
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    Do male chicks practice crowing?

    Lately i've been hearing this tiny crow like noise coming from the brooder. I know I have a few cockerels in my straight run batch of bantams, but at 2 1/2 weeks would the males be vocalizing differently already? I would guess not but this is a brand new sound and it's loud copared to their...
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