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    Reunite Incubator-hatched chicks & broody mama hen raising chick?

    Look at those sweet little things!
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    Reunite Incubator-hatched chicks & broody mama hen raising chick?

    I've never been unsuccessful in giving incubator chicks to a mama hen, I know things can go wrong but I've done it lots with lots of different hens. I find the hardest part isn't getting the mother to accept the chicks, but getting the chicks to understand that they're supposed to go with the...
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    Is it ok if 2 hens are coparenting??

    How did it go? I had 2 hens sitting on one clutch last summer, and when they hatched it was an absolute disaster. They fought like wild animals over the chicks until one hen had to surrender the chicks, it was heartbreaking. This summer, same situation, same 2 hens, and they are co parenting...
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    Two Broody hens sitting on the same nest

    Update, no two hatches are the same. Chicks hatched 3 days ago (only 2 chicks). Both hens are very successfully co-parenting the chicks. The few times I've checked, each hen has 1 chick under her. They took them outside together today for the 1st time, and they're both clucking to them and...
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    Whiting True Blue Temperament

    I have 7 true blue whiting chicks, they're about 9 weeks old now. I was looking for a thread on their temperament because mine are absolutely wild. I've raised lots of chicks with my broody hens, which usually makes them a bit more flighty. My hen hatched these eggs too (I bought them and...
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    Silkie x Brahmas?!

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    New Brahma Owner

    My brahma rooster gets ingrown foot feathers. He's really docile so if I notice he has one, I'll just grab him and take it out with tweezers. Feather footed breeds, and especially the roosters, will sometimes get crud under their foot scales because they're a little raised from the feather...
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    Dark Brahma Rooster question

    I have a brahma rooster with all standard size hens, and 1 silkie hen. He's very gentle and hasn't ever hurt them while mating, or otherwise. Brahma roos make the best roos!
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    Silkie x Brahmas?!

    I have done it! Just for fun because I wanted to see what would happen haha. My giant Brahma rooster over my tiny blue silkie hen = light, larger than silkie, smaller than standard chicken, with black skin, 5 toes, and a fluffy hat. She has smooth feathers, not silkie feathers. Prone to...
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    Two Broody hens sitting on the same nest

    This happened to me last summer and the exact same situation is unfolding again, same 2 hens. It was terrible, my silkie goes broody (as she does) and it's easier to just give her a few eggs to hatch than try to break her. So she's been sitting on 3 eggs for 2 weeks, now Lois comes along and...
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    Brahma cockeral and silkies? Will that work out

    My giant brahma rooster is gentle to my silkie hen. And yes, he mates her, and I actually hatched one of their chicks
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    Chicks sleeping in nesting boxes

    great response. I've done 4 sets of chicks raised by a mama hen now. She sets, hatches and raises them all in the coop/run with the rest of the flock. It's great, easy and fun to watch (bit of a lower hatch and survival rate than incubating). The transition period of mama weaning the chicks and...
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    Separating two broody hens

    I just went through this, and it was complicated, but ended up ok. My marans hen went broody so i let her sit on some eggs. Then my silkie, who is an experienced mother and had just finished raising chicks, decided she was going to raise these ones too. So I had Lois and Fluffy both sitting on...
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    Moving hen and new baby chicks

    My silkie chose to brood in everyone's favourite nesting box this time around, and it caused some complications. I tried to move her and the eggs 3 times but she wasn't having it. The other hens kept sneaking in and laying their eggs under her, so I had to check under her every few days, candle...
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