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    Red clay poop

    I did change the scratch! Maybe that’s it. I don’t mind the color if it’s not a bad sign
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    Red clay poop

    It’s been going on for 2-3 days. Nothing out of the ordinary. Same feed and same backyard foraging
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    Red clay poop

    Any idea what causes poop to look like red clay? Otherwise healthy poo other than the disturbing color. Wondering if I should be concerned. All my hens are acting healthy but I know they can camouflage a lot of illness.
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    Hatching with broody hen, remove chick?

    So only today when I got home one egg was chirping and the chick was starting to peck to get out, no hole yet. I think we only have two viable chicks in the eggs, this is one. I put it under the hen again, and she seems thrilled. She started gathering all the shavings around her again. Is it...
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    Hatching with broody hen, remove chick?

    Ok great!! That’s the one I picked
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    Hatching with broody hen, remove chick?

    Looks like she’s broken her bloodiness. She was out eating and had her chick with her. Urgent run to TC now for an incubator. :rolleyes:
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    Hatching with broody hen, remove chick?

    She saw a YouTube video about hatching store eggs. I think she may be off eggs for life now lol
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    Hatching with broody hen, remove chick?

    Thank you. This sounds like a very low stress route for my hen. Sadly all the other hens have taken to bullying her when she would emerge for food. I have her in my isolation pen currently with a nesting box.
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    Hatching with broody hen, remove chick?

    Unfortunately or fortunately none of my other hens have been broody.
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    Hatching with broody hen, remove chick?

    Ok I think it’s time to go buy an incubator. We actually lost the rooster (RIP), so I was avoiding that purchase since it’s a one time hatch. But sounds like this staggered hatch is going to be a mess! There are only 5 other eggs. I’ll candle them first. May need to post pics. The egg that...
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    Hatching with broody hen, remove chick?

    Have a first time broody silkie sitting on clutch I left alone for first week+. Meaning I don’t know what day every egg is on. Many hens laid in her box. I’ve never had a roo before so this is our first hatch. Well one hatched yesterday. Today I went out to check on them in her separate pen. All...
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    Silkie roo?

    Well if we had to get our first Roo at least it’s a silkie! I wouldn’t know what to do with a more assertive breed. Btw I just saw him run up and peck a pullets bottom. Thank you for the reply!
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    Silkie roo?

    Thanks! Yes I was referring to letting the littles be unsupervised so soon after meeting the big hens. It happened about a week after introductions. Two of my older road island reds attacked her early in the morning before I let them out into the larger run. Age I can only estimate 8-10 weeks...
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    Silkie roo?

    I’m guessing around 8-10 weeks? The woman I purchased her from didn’t tell me but she was in with the smaller pullets and that was 5 weeks ago.
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    Silkie roo?

    This little guy/gal was pretty viciously attacked a month ago by two hens (I learned my lesson mixing sizes!). Basically spent several weeks recovering a crushed foot and large side wound so growth has been stunted during that process. Happy healthy growing chicken now. Pretty sure our pullet...
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