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    New chicks, seperate or leave with others?

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    Unhatched eggs?

    I had a hen setting 6 eggs. Four hatched this morning and she has left the nest with them. Should I go ahead and dispose of the unhatched eggs or give them a day or two and see if they hatch?
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    New chicks, seperate or leave with others?

    Thanks. That's what I was thinking and hoping for. I grew up on a farm where we raised and kept around 200 hens for eggs, but we always bought chicks and raised them separate and just replaced the flock every few years. Haven't had experience with a hen hatching them out before. I have them in...
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    New chicks, seperate or leave with others?

    We have two hens in a 4x8 chicken tractor. One went broody, so I got a few fertilized eggs for het to set. I thought they should hatch next week. This morning my wife came in screaming that eggs were missing and busted. Went out and the hen was crouched on the ground with four chicks under her...
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