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    New Mother Only Pecks One Breed of Chick

    I'm having a similar situation where momma is shunning one/some of her chicks (its hard to tell if its just a particular one because they all look alike). The chick seems perfectly healthy. I have two coops, so I moved the rest of the flock to another coop so that momma and chicks could have...
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    Hen rejecting chicks?

    How did this work out? I'm having a similar situation right now. I had a broody hen so decided to get some new day-old chicks for her to raise (I don't have a rooster). My last broody hen was a wonderful mother and this method worked well for me. This hen didn't warm up as quickly to her...
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    Sweeter Heater height above roost

    Thanks for the replies. :thumbsup
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    Sweeter Heater height above roost

    I have medium-sized chickens: ameraucanas, barred rocks, buttercups. How high above the roost should I place the Sweeter Heater?
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    Mama Hen is now a bully to her chicks

    Thanks for the reply and good information. This is just my second time with baby chicks and the first time there were no adult hens around. I didn't realize that once she weaned her chicks she would be so aggressively mean toward them, but (because of you two) I'm learning this is normal...
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    Mama Hen is now a bully to her chicks

    Thanks for
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    Mama Hen is now a bully to her chicks

    I put mama hen in a kennel. The other older hen then took over the role of abusing the younger chicks in the coop. I let mama hen out of the kennel, but I locked both of the older hens out of the coop. They are in a well-secured chicken yard so they're not in any danger and the temperatures...
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    Mama Hen is now a bully to her chicks

    I have two adult hens, one is the chicken mama. I have seven 2-month-old chickens. The coop is 30 square feet with two roosts. One roost has always stayed empty but mama hen won't even let the little ones on the empty roost. They can only sleep in one of the four nesting boxes. Tonight I'm...
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    Mama Hen is now a bully to her chicks

    My mama hen was a wonderful mother to her seven chicks. After seven weeks, she cut them loose, but since then she's been horribly aggressive to them. My chicken run is over 400 square feet so there is plenty of room. During the day, the seven chicks are fine and just keep their distance from...
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    Acquainting broody hen with three-day old chicks

    The baby chicks arrived two days ago. My broody hen immediately took them in and she's been a very good momma. They are staying in the coop, but I have a videocam and can see that all is well and all chicks are thriving. When might momma take them on a trip outside of the coop?
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    Acquainting broody hen with three-day old chicks

    thanks sourland. I'm in the third quarter of my first century. :)
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    Acquainting broody hen with three-day old chicks

    I have three hens and no rooster. I've been wanting to replenish the flock anyway when one of my hens went broody. She's been very determined and faithfully sitting on eggs for three weeks. I've ordered seven new chicks that will arrive next Thursday at three days old. The broody hen is in a...
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