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    Help!!! What happened??

    I have a broody hen by herself in a coop 3ft off the ground. I have a little ramp and pop door. The other day I saw an egg in the middle if the coop out from her clutch. I put it back under her. Then today I saw an shell outside the coop on the ground. The shell is like a chick hatched but no...
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    Hatching egg shell outside the coop? Predator????

    I have a broody hen by herself in a coop 3ft off the ground. I have a little ramp and pop door. The other day I saw an egg in the middle if the coop out from her clutch. I put it back under her. Then today I saw an shell outside the coop on the ground. The shell is like a chick hatched but no...
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    Babies just hatched!

    I just had to share...another successful hatch! 1.5 years ago I ordered 14 more pullets. One ended up being a rooster! So we kept him and now I have had 3 rounds of hatchlings. One went broody on my sons birthday and I let her sit on them. This was the most successful hatch yet. 5 so far, one...
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    What to do with my roos?

    thanks for the info. i don't hatch out a lot of chicks. a few roos is fine, but i don't want to keep that many. i am happy to give them away. i just did not know what the best way to go about it is. thanks!
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    What to do with my roos?

    i have a broody hen, hatching chix as i type. this is my 3 round of babies i have let hatch. each hatch has produced at least one rooster. i currently have two grown rooster and 2 roos. i am sure i will have another roo in this mix. i do not need/want that many. 2-3 is plenty. they are 'muts'...
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    Will hen sit back on eggs after I moved to a different nest?

    all is good now...she is back on her nest looking so peaceful. good luck with your hatch thebanthams!
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    Will hen sit back on eggs after I moved to a different nest?

    I moved a broody hen to a differnt coop by herself as the baby chix will hatch in 11 days. However, she is not wanting to sit back on her eggs. I had to move her during the day ( 11am). Will she eventually go back to sitting? Thanks for the help. Christy
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    just had to put chick down

    I had my husband do it. Gave him baking soda a bag and vinigar. He said it went well....but he wouldn't tell me otherwise. It was so hard. But now mama is off the nest and happy with her 3 little chicks!
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    Speckled Sussex roo and white leghorn hen

    Has anyone ever done this cross breeding? I did and got two and also crossed the sussex roo with my welsummer. 3 adorable chicks. Waiting to see if hey are pullets or Roos. They are two weeks old.
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    just had to put chick down

    my husband had to do it. wow...never thought i would be this upset. had to help it hatch a few days ago...could not stand, had hip problem too. crying!!! i was ok when others died during hatch...but not ok when i am the one deciding to put down.
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    2 day old chick won't stand!

    thanks erica. i know i have been researching how to put a chick out without much suffering. i have researched splayed leg a bit, and it has never been able to really move. just lays there. one of the hips are sticking out and up. def not normal at all. hate if it is suffering.
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    2 day old chick won't stand!

    3 chicks hatched successfully. one chick was stuck; as the membranes were dried out. helped it out, but now after 2 days...it can't stand. hip area even looks deformed. i have tried to hold and let legs go straight...can't even do that. chick just lays there. advise???!!!
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    chick stuck in membrane

    how? i hate thinking about it struggling, but am trying not to disturb mama and other chicks.
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    chick stuck in membrane

    new at this...let mama hen go broody. they are hatching now. 2 successful 2 were hatched, but flattened 1 has shell gone, but membrane around it. i am letting mother nature take it course; however, i feel like it need to help the chick out. thoughts???
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    why do i have dead chicks.

    first time letting a hen go broody. one chick hatched great. found 2 that have been flattened. not sure if hen is smothering them and then sitting or what. anyone else have this issue?
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