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    ISO Bantam Salmon Faverolles

    There have been bantam SF hatching eggs on ebay in the recent past. You may want to check eBay's hatching eggs section as one avenue for obtaining these birds.
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    Pasty butt?? Need some advice.

    Use warm water and be super gentle removing matter. And keep an eye on the chick for a little while.
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    Broody Hen

    That is sad. :(
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    Broody Hen

    I've only been keeping chickens for three years, and I'm no expert at all. This is just info, and not suggesting you are incorrect about your chicken. I have bantam Brahmas and bantam Wyandottes. I've had both breeds appear to go broody at a young age. What was actually happening is...
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    How to tame untame chickens

    The leghorn is considered a flighty chicken, but the EE/Ameracauna are usually pretty docile and friendly. My first chickens were EEs, and they were sweet and easy to handle. I would follow the advice here, be slow and gentle in all your movements, speak gently when around them, and offer...
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    How to tame untame chickens

    I agree. My chickens are literally all over me - in my lap, on my feet, on my shoulder, but if my neighbors are visiting, the chickens avoid them completely. Ironically, even though a couple of my chickens love to be on me, and the rest love to be touching me, they don't like me to touch...
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    How to tame untame chickens

    I agree with the above posts. Move slowly. I stop as soon as I enter the chicken shack, and speaking very softly I greet everyone. What is the breed? Some are far more "flighty" than others, i.e., they freak out more easily. If you cannot offer mealworms, offer them apples and hard...
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    My First Broody!

    Sydnee, I was incubating eggs when this article was posted, and I found it to be eggscelent. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/development-of-a-chicken-embryo-day-by-day.72537/
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    My First Broody!

    Please let us know!
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    My First Broody!

    Thanks, again. I try to be a good friend and caretaker to them. They talk all the time, and I'm learning more all the time how to hear what they say. I actually enjoy caring for them one-on-one, and every time I do they are always friendlier afterward. They learn to trust. This has...
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    My First Broody!

    Thank you. Well, the first time isn't over yet, and things are so much better for my little Punkin'. She is really enjoying her babies now that she has sufficient warmth. I also bathed her, at least her lower half. She had a very hard time of it and I was not able to tell. I live in...
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    Noisy Chicks under hen?

    I just took this photo of my three. One is under the hen, and the other two are beside her chillin'. The little blondie had just drifted off to sleep when I woke it up taking the photo. You cannot see the third chick behind the blondie, but it also is sitting next to mom chillin'. Now...
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    Noisy Chicks under hen?

    I apologize for my exaggeration above. Obviously, new chicks don't need constant 90 degrees when they have a mom, they go out briefly to eat and return to warm up, increasing their time away as they mature. I will tell you, however, it is much easier on both the hen and the babies if it is...
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    Noisy Chicks under hen?

    I have three 3-day old chicks from a broody, and I moved them all indoors to house temperatures and gave them a heat lamp, too, by the time they were a few hours old. I'm so glad I did! If it is too cold, they won't move around like they need to in order to eat, and freezing temperatures are...
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    My First Broody!

    If I had it to do over again, I would have separated my broody much sooner in the process. I would have given her a space to herself, with closer access to food and water, and warmer temperatures. It was the first time for both of us, and we made a mess of things in some ways. Beyond the...
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