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    Our babies are due today 21 days but nothing is happening

    She has 5baby chicks now,im glad I left her to work it all out..very cute..
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    when do i take the hens eggs away as its been 23 days today

    We candled last night but couldnt see any movement at all..ill wait a couple more days then ill take them..thanks..
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    when do i take the hens eggs away as its been 23 days today

    Hi, My broody hen is sitting on 6 eggs and 1 hatched on sunday when they were due at 21 days..now its bee24 days and no more have hatched. When do i take the eggs from her?? thanks..
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    mother hen killed a baby chick today

    Hi .. I rang the poultry assoc today and they said that if there is blood then they go back to being caniballs.. Mmm.. As too my question of if she will kill the babies, we don't know..I wish I had an incubator I'd just take them all from her.. They are due in 4 days so he said to watch her as...
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    mother hen killed a baby chick today

    Yep she does have plenty of food water,and I've even been making sure she has fresh greens etc each morning..I thought she was going to help the chick out of the shell,then she just grabbed it and turfed it out of the nest and pecked it a couple of times and it was then dead.. It was so quick my...
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    mother hen killed a baby chick today

    I was thinking well hoping that maybe it got cracked by her somehow and she knew it wasn't ready or ok??? I'm going to call someone tomorrow as I'm worried she may kill the others.. I have heard og dogs doing that..thanx for your help and I'll keep you posted..
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    mother hen killed a baby chick today

    My broody hens eggs arnt due for another 5 days,but 1 starting hatching today.. as the baby chick was coming out she grabbed it and killed it!! it was horrible!! would she have done this because she knew something we dont or is she going to do this to her babies when they hatch?? help as i dont...
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    Our babies are due today 21 days but nothing is happening

    And oh yeah that poop really does stink!!! I'll keep you posted and add a pic once it's fluffed up.. Very excited..
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    Our babies are due today 21 days but nothing is happening

    Great news!!! We went to check our hen this mornig and 1 little baby chick has hatched!!!!!! Yeah!!!
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    Our babies are due today 21 days but nothing is happening

    Thank you, it has also become very cold here at night I hope they'll be ok.. Very excited..
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    Our babies are due today 21 days but nothing is happening

    Our broody hens eggs are due today21 days but nothing is happening. We have candelled them and the5 left have the air sac and the rest is dark.. That was 2 days ago.. How long do we wait? How long do they stay broody? Can we set new eggs under her if nothing happens or are they only broody for...
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    eggs due to hatch in 3 days..what do i do??

    I have 2 broodie hens both sitting on 6 eegs each. At the moment they are in a rabbit hutch each(seperated). As its starting to get cooler here in vic aus, should i take our new babies from there mums and put them under heat lamps or do i take mum and babies together. Im a first timer so any...
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    Australians - Where are you all????

    Hey there, My first broody hens are due This sunday, but she got out of the rabbit hutch today and i think we may have lost them as the eggs had cooled down:( i was very dissapointed.,ive put her back on so we will see what happens and We will keep our fingers crossed. Our second broody hens...
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    newbie from vic australia...

    Hey... We live on 5 acres just out of ballarat.. At the moment we have 11 hens and 1 frizzle rooster..We have to broody hens that have been sitting for nearly18 days..We are hopefull that we get some new babies frizzle crosses for our brood..We have them seperated from the rest in 2 seperate...
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