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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    We no longer have poultry, which is why I haven't been on in awhile.
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    How do you keep ducklings (and their bedding) dry in brooder???

    If you have a mother duck, that's different, as she puts her oils on her babies.
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    How do you keep ducklings (and their bedding) dry in brooder???

    I have learned that it's nearly impossible for 100%. However, I have found if you put the water container, inside a larger containers, to catch the splash, it helps. My ducklings are 3 weeks old now. Ducks need constant access to water, as it is how they keep their airholes on the bills from...
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    Please refresh my memory on natural broody hen nesting behaviour

    @Ridgerunner Thank you again for your thorough answers. They really give insight. Helps people make better decisions when "all the cards are laid out" so-to-speak. Thank you. I appreciate it. :thumbsup
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    Please refresh my memory on natural broody hen nesting behaviour

    Exactly! Since I believe in the sanctity of life, it is hard to let unhatched babies just die a slow death. We were planning on starting to hatch our own chicks from now on in the spring instead of paying big bucks at the stores. Would it not be a worthwhile investment? Asking a serious...
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    Please refresh my memory on natural broody hen nesting behaviour

    @Ridgerunner Thank you for such thorough answers. We've decided not to move the hen for now. Waiting for eggs to begin hatching. She is a vicious broody right now. The kind that draws blood. Can't reach under her to check the eggs or remove any. She actually is out of a nesting box and...
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    Please refresh my memory on natural broody hen nesting behaviour

    Thanks so much for your answers. They all make sense!! I will wait to move her. Maybe her getting off her nest to eat and drink is how she ended up with far more eggs than we remembered. Lol.
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    Please refresh my memory on natural broody hen nesting behaviour

    This is our second time allowing a broody hen to lay on a clutch of eggs to hatch. It's been almost a year since our last experience. I'm concerned that she may not be getting off the nest at all to eat or drink. Thoughts? She's in our main coop, but I'd like to move her and her nest to the...
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    Half-broody?

    I just carefully open the door and give them food and water. Mine were in a mesh garden wagon that hubby built a hoop over. My chickens don't like to be handled, so generally they would get as far away from me as possible. Made it a bit easier to put in food and water. I used a regular hanging...
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    Half-broody?

    I have done this myself and it works great! It helps knock them off their brood cycle.
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    Its raining like crazy, will my hens get sick?!?

    Yes. We live just out of the area. Thank you. This ride ain't over yet.
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    Its raining like crazy, will my hens get sick?!?

    Thank you. Here in my area, many have lost businesses and homes in the last 24 hours due to flooding. Good to know my birds will be ok in all this rain.
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    Its raining like crazy, will my hens get sick?!?

    I am sorry if I am concerned. :barnie I have a lot of money, blood, sweat, and tears tied up in this flock. I am also a responsible animal lover who want's to make sure that my animals will be ok. ;) A good friend of mine had told the story of how him and a friend had soaked a bunch of...
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    Its raining like crazy, will my hens get sick?!?

    I've heard stories of chicken's dying of pneumonia because they were wet. My chickens are out in the rain and they're soaked. Should I be concerned?
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    When do I turn off heat lamp for outside chicks?

    The coop was recently rebuilt to house the chicks, and it only had one main "human access door". The "chicken door" was kept screwed shut, until they got bigger and the weather was warmer. So he hung the light near there, as well as put the food and water there so we could reach it. Since the...
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