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My rooster was almost carried away by a fox some weeks ago. I ran out of the house screaming and the fox dropped him and ran off. Poor Mr Rooster had some pretty bad gashes on his back. The gashes healed and he seems fine, but his feet are all screwed up! He walks okay, not even a limp, but his...

Here is an update on my little "chick-chick" as I call her. She grows by the minute I think and she is very attached to me. All the other eggs didn't hatch, so she is the only one! Poor baby. She is now in her 3rd week and I've added a perch to her box. She likes it.

I've prevented the rooster and 4 hens from going into the coop where my broody hens are. My little chick is doing wonderful. Her leg is healed and she is very strong now. She even jumped out of her box. She really is going to make it through her little ordeal!

Hi Sumi, I've been checking on my chickens and haven't seen any more hatchlings. I'll have to try to listen to the eggs. Anyway, little baby Bummy is holding her own. She actually straightened out her leg and is standing on it now. But she can't really walk on it yet, she just falls over. I'm...

Thanks for the advise. I've been going out to the coop all morning checking on my hens.

So they do share the eggs. But I have 2 sometimes 3 hens sitting on these eggs at the same time. Could one of them want to eat the babies?

When we bought our house in November 2011, 10 chickens came with it. The previous owner said she let the hens brood once but never got chicks. We let them brood and because of what the previous owner said, thought we wouldn't get chicks either. Our rooster did seem a little awkward! Well, last...