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    Help with Logistics of care

    Help! Walk me through this....My 55 Flowery Hen hasn’t laid in well over a week maybe even two ...I’ve kept an eye on how she was walking to make sure she isn’t egg bound but nothing seemed odd about the way she was walking or acting..her butt was fuzzy so I thought maybe molting? We have had a...
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    Two Brahmas

    5+weeks ...such a difference in their leg feathers...do you think she could be deficient in a vitamin or is it normal to be so different? She’s one of me favorites (personality wise..she always comes up to me a stretched out her neck letting me rub her chest..she even fell asleep once as I did...
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    Two Brahmas

    Ok have two brahmas the same age but totally different feet feather growth and one is much fuller in general...wondering if this means they are two different genders or is the one with still only fuzz and smaller deficient in
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    Should I remove a few??

    Yes she recently hatched her first clutch March 20th, after a week or so of her being with the chicks she went back to the flock...last week started collecting eggs again from herself and our other hen (I added in 5 from a friend earlier in the collection to get a variety from the hatch but then...
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    Should I remove a few??

    Ok when my broody had 6 eggs in a clutch I added 5 more of different breeds...she seemed to be collecting eggs and not sitting on them yet so I thought it would be ok...everyday she has been adding to them and rearranging all of them completely so I thought any day now she would start incubating...
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    Help! Cleaning coop w illness having been present

    You left me hanging! I read through all the comments but don’t know the outcome! How did you make out?!?
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    Introducing 2 different batches of chicks to eachother

    The Mama hen wanted to go back with the flock but I was too nervous about letting the chicks go with her...I had the batch that were purchased in a tote brooder so I ended up transferring the hatched and the purchased into a pack n play all at the same time so it was a new environment for all of...
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    Introducing 2 different batches of chicks to eachother

    Thank YOU! Good idea about new area ...maybe I will wait till putting them from the tote brooder into the pack n play.
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    Introducing 2 different batches of chicks to eachother

    i know introducing chicks to a flock could be difficult and needs to be progressive...but what about introducing two batches of chicks to eachother?? I’m thinking it will be a piece of cake because they are so young but am I foolish for thinking that?? Five 2week old hatched still currently with...
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    How long to keep Mama Hen separate..

    ok so I have a mama hen and her five 2 week old chicks separated from the flock, in the same coop as our other chickens but divided by wire due to a fatality during hatching....the last few days Mama hen has been trying to get outside whenever I go in to check food and water...I think a bit...
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    Is there any hope or did I just ruin the batch..

    Five now!!
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    Is there any hope or did I just ruin the batch..

    We have four as far as we’ve seen!!!! This has been such a pleasant surprise!! Thank you all...I’m sure they wouldn’t have made it if my husband hadn’t built the “cage” inside of the coop to protect them! Happy Spring!!!
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    Is there any hope or did I just ruin the batch..

    Welllllllllll.......we have at least one so far!!! I heard little chirps when I checked her this morning and just now one peeked its head out to say Hello before she tucked it back underneath her (Already a good mama!)....Hoping to have at least 1-2 more hatch successfully (the others didn't...
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    Is there any hope or did I just ruin the batch..

    Yeah I’m sure they will be staggered since we only have two hens now, out of the 9 eggs 7 were hers . I will definitely let you know! Thank you!
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    Is there any hope or did I just ruin the batch..

    66AFB9D1-E877-4E2A-AD5D-F01F32E05BE5 by BearsDen posted Mar 19, 2019 at 12:25 AM Thanks guys! My husband built this to but up to the nesting box in the coop since we didn’t want to risk moving her...fingers crossed we get more that hatch and that she isn’t the one killing them!
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