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    Broody since June 2...Nothing breaks her

    She has lost her place but they aren't picking on her as if she is new...she was top hen before and was nasty to the others. She is about 3rd hen now ( bottom of her age group but above the new layers). You are right though...she has nothing to do with any of the others now...it is as if they...
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    Broody since June 2...Nothing breaks her

    Will hens accept chicks if she is sitting on an empty nest? How do most of the other chickens handle the chicks? I have 9 hens and one roo in the coop(including the broody hen). I don't want to take her out of the coop due to having to re-introduce them back in...such a headache! She hasn't lost...
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    Broody since June 2...Nothing breaks her

    My red sexlink hen has been sitting on the nest almost none stopped since the first part of June. I have moved her..taking her off the nest constantly. She is determined to sit. Will she finally give it up or will she set forever??
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I have a broody that is sitting tight and has been for two weeks now. She is a Nankin mix. I need to move her to a safer next ( it is off the ground about 3 feet). My questions are: 1) do bantams chicks hatch earlier than 21 days? I want to make sure that I move them before hatch but close...
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    EMERGENCY!!!! NEED HELP NOW!!!

    I think the toaster oven would be too hot. Hope you find something that will help.
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    EMERGENCY!!!! NEED HELP NOW!!!

    Can you take a light bulb out of another room or lamp?
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    St. Patty's Day Green Egg Hatch

    Congrats to all!! I have 8 fuzzies out of 15 eggs. All 15 were alive going into lockdown...8 hatched..1 dead after pipping...6 died sometime between day 18 and today. All were fully developed..and some had completely absorbed the yolk. Not sure what happened but very happy with the 8 that hatched.
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    St. Patty's Day Green Egg Hatch

    I have one chick out and 2 pips...None of the green ones yet still waiting for the rest.
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    St. Patty's Day Green Egg Hatch

    Time for lockdown!!!! Good luck to everyone!!
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    4 legged chick

    No offense taken.. Sorry that you had a bad experience with that method. I was warned to make sure that there was enough baking soda/ vinegar was used to cause lots of fizz. I tried it before place the chick in the air tight container. It took maybe 10 seconds.. It still wasn't easy. I cried so...
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    4 legged chick

    I hope that your chick lives without any pain. If it isn't able to and you decide to cull, then you could use baking soda and vinegar. There is a thread on here about how to do it.. it is quick & painless. I had to put down a chick out of my first hatch...It went quickly but I cried forever, it...
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    Have a ?? if anyone can help with an answer

    You could do a float test on the egg to see if there is any movement now...if not you could crack it open to see if the chick had deformities. I do not know what the the spots are..never had that happen before.
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    St. Patty's Day Green Egg Hatch

    I didn't know about this thread... I set 15 of my eggs on Friday, the 24th at 5:00 pm. I will probably have some hatch on the 17th! So, I'm in!!
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    What would you do?

    I just don't want him to think I didn't do something right if none hatch.
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    What would you do?

    I have a friend who wants me to hatch 6 eggs for him. I asked him how he has been storing them. He told me that he has been turning them end over end. ( pointy end up..then pointy end down) Will they hatch?
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