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    Chick's have swollen bare spots

    You were right! Their box was full of poop this morning and they are back to normal! Thanks so much!!!
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    Chick's have swollen bare spots

    I was hoping that was it, but I didn't realize it would be so one sided and back.
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    Chick's have swollen bare spots

    Two of our 3 week old chicks, who were abandoned by mom, have suddenly developed bulging bare spots on their right "shoulder" area at the base of the neck. Any suggestions?
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    Time between first chick hatching and last

    We have them all in a large dog crate. The chicks are eating and drinking well. Mama is actually sitting on the eggs in a position where she can eat and drink while on the eggs.
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    Time between first chick hatching and last

    She's pretty protective right now, but we may try. It's been about a day or day and a half since the last one hatched. The other 7 hatched two days ago.
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    Time between first chick hatching and last

    My hen has hatched 8 chicks so far and and now, day 2, she is still sitting on 4 eggs. How long before I give up on those 4 and take them away?
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    Hen brooding outside coop

    We have chicks!!!! 3 so far!!!
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    Hen brooding outside coop

    We removed 4 that were undeveloped and 1 bad one. She seems to be keeping the remaining 15 very well covered. She lays smaller eggs.
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    Hen brooding outside coop

    Well, I really want them to hatch if possible, and want to "let nature take it's course" as much as possible. She only comes out once or twice a day, but the other chickens "visit" her! We ended up finding 20 eggs when we started candling them. We have 15 we think are viable. I am pretty...
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    Hen brooding outside coop

    I don't think anyone else is laying there. We believe the other hens lay brown or green eggs and hers are smaller and off-white. We may just try fencing around her and providing some shelter from the weather for now. She is pretty well hidden in rose bushes.
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    Hen brooding outside coop

    We just looked while she was off the nest and she has 17 eggs on the nest!!! OMG!!! Not sure where to put her.
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    Hen brooding outside coop

    Could we just secure her where she is? She's fairly well hidden now and we were thinking of just leaving her there and putting something over her for a little protection. Will she get up to eat/drink?
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    Hen brooding outside coop

    HELP!!! My chickens are free range during the day. We noticed today that one of the hens has created a nest and is brooding in our shrubs. It looks like at least 6 to 8 eggs in there. We have no idea how long she's been sitting there. Can we move the nest & eggs? Should we leave her alone...
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    When to open Nesting Boxes?

    It is about three inches. It looked like they had had a party in there!
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    When to open Nesting Boxes?

    My hens are 19 weeks old. I opened my nesting boxes last night and now the straw is strewn all over the coop floor. How do I get them to leave it in the box? I will put golf balls in tomorrow.
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