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    Is this normal or weird.

    I had a fright with one of my 2 week old chicks, it looked like she had been dustbathing but couldn't get up. On closer examination, she had got her neck stuck under a twig.......a quick release and all was well!
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    Egg laying..

    No breed, just a mixed mutt! The last one was slightly older and started laying at about 23 weeks. Good luck with yours
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    Egg laying..

    My latest chick, sorry, pullet - has just started laying at 19 weeks.
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    How To Keep Your Chickens Cool In The Summer: On A Budget

    I am in Portugal and we can get some hot days up to about 115 but usually it is around 100. I keep a hose handy and 2-3 times a day I let it trickle over the roof of the coop to try to keep it less like an oven ! They do free range and have some trees for shade but I often find them right up...
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    How To Keep Your Chickens Cool In The Summer: On A Budget

    That is hot and very hot for chickens!
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    How To Keep Your Chickens Cool In The Summer: On A Budget

    Thanks for those ideas. What temperatures do you get up to in Arizona?
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    Chicken walking like a penguin

    That is so interesting! Thank you!
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    Day 23 now. Cracked egg from under broody hen. What to do? Advice appreciated.

    Fabulous news!
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    Day 23 now. Cracked egg from under broody hen. What to do? Advice appreciated.

    I am on the edge of my seat waiting.........
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    chick following me

    Shame no-one took a photo of you covered in chickens! Would have been great!
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    Unsure what to do!

    Can you find a way of making the old nestbox unavailable or blocking her access to it (I am presuming that there are no more eggs in there)? You really want them to stay lower so chicks cannot fall out....
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    Unsure what to do!

    Good luck with it all, keep calm! It is time for bed for me now, here in Portugal......
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    Unsure what to do!

    In that case, you could move her to a deeper cardboard box on the ground that she cannot get out of, until you are sure she is staying on the eggs, then you can cut out the doorway. She is more likely to stay on the eggs if you move them in the evening, I believe.
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    Unsure what to do!

    I think that if you can wait till towards evening roosting time, it would be better to move her and the eggs then. Try to keep the eggs in the same position , moving them gently one at a time then pop the hen back on top. Would be easier if you have someone to hold the hen whilst you move the...
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    Unsure what to do!

    I had the same problem with one of my hatches with 2 hens nesting side by side. In the end I left them to sort it out and they sat for an extra 2 weeks and just hatched a couple of eggs then gave up sitting so it worked out OK in the end. Since then, I now mark the eggs !
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