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    How to stop a hen being broody?

    Quote: The change of hormones will make them stop eventually but can start up again at any time. If you take her off of the nest, she will go right back on the first chance she gets as long as she is broody. MOST hens take 10-15 minutes off the nest daily to eat, exercise and poop. You have to...
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    I have a pip and some peeping!

    The eggs under my hen are starting to hatch is there anything I should look out for?
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    baby question

    Leave it alone and let it absorb. Do not cut it off!
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    Will these eggs hatch?

    It was the first day of incubation
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    Will these eggs hatch?

    I have a broody hen who was sitting on a clutch on nine eggs yesterday morning. I went back around 12:00 pm and she wasn't on them. She wasn't on them at 6:00 pm, either. This morning she was back on them. I don't know whether or not they went an extended period without being incubated but i'm...
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    If I were to build an incubator out of an aquarium, what would I need?

    If I set an aquarium on the side, what could I make a door out of? What else would I need beside a thermometer, heat, and water? Is there a way to read humidity without humidity guage?
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    What do I do when the eggs start hatching?

    Thanks for the help and good night.
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    What do I do when the eggs start hatching?

    Alright, I will be sure to candle on day eight. Any other important things I need to do during the hatching time? Shes sitting on three eggs (silkie and auralorp mix) and some store bought eggs. I only want one or two more chicks, my 8 year old daughter missed having them around. She would be...
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    What do I do when the eggs start hatching?

    Mommy is an australorp I definitely don't want the poor babies to get eaten. Is there a way where I could take the babies once they start hatching and put them in the brood or must they remain with mommy until they are completely hatched and out of the shell? Also, the eggs my australorp is...
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    New to chickens.. got at feed store last spring..?

    I know it is a hen, but thank you. I am asking what breed
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    What do I do when the eggs start hatching?

    Thank you. I have 4 hens, and none of them have ever been mommys. Mommy should be isolated from the other hens? Where, though?
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    What do I do when the eggs start hatching?

    Hi, I am new to chickens Do I just leave the hatching eggs with the hen, and they will fully break through their shell? The nest is around 4 1/2 feet off the ground, won't it hurt them if they try to jump off when mom takes them for their first walk?
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    New to chickens.. got at feed store last spring..?

    This one is probably obvious http://tinypic.com/r/2i75l47/3 http://tinypic.com/r/vp85z9/3 The white one, thank you. Off topic question.. will my australorps go broody at this time of year?
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