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    Fiona and her babies

    Thank you so much. Me and her are both newbies.
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    Fiona and her babies

    I just went out to check and she was standing with the older chicks and they were all scratching and the new baby got kicked out of the way a few times. It didn't look intentional but what do I know. But then she settled down and it was under her wing. So I don't know. It looks much smaller but...
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    Fiona and her babies

    I know you are suppose to slip it in while they are sleeping but at 2 am 😴 I go out to check to see if the chick is dry and they were all awake!! The peep was up and peeping and the momma was clacking and then the 2 others were awake and up running around. 🤦🏼‍♀️. The chick was 90% dry but more...
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    Fiona and her babies

    Sorry this is my first forum and I didn't realize I missed the location. I am in Northeast Ohio it's 77 right now at 7:26 pm. It will be a low of 63 tonight so she will be on the nest at night she has been settling down and then the chicks disappear under her. They are currently in the same...
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    Fiona and her babies

    The first chick hatched Tuesday evening, the second hatched Wednesday afternoon and then the new one today. Those were all the fertile eggs and she isn't sitting on eggs now but is still alone with her 2 babies in a small enclosure and nests with them at night in the original place they hatched...
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    Fiona and her babies

    So I learned from this that I should have minded my own business and let momma do her thing 🤦🏼‍♀️ but lesson learned. So here is where I am at, I put one of her eggs in the incubator because she had left the nest but when I candled it was alive. Today is day 23 and out of no where it pretty much...
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    New broody mom!

    Y Yes that's good advice. It's best to let momma take care. Next time I will interfer less.
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    New broody mom!

    So I have my first broody hen, she is a first time momma. She did great, was really devoted and everything went smooth. I realized I may have made a rookie mistake in the beginning she had been broody and I decided to go with it. I gave her 5 eggs and 24 hours later gave her 3 more. Google...
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    Broody hen and her hatchlings

    I don't know how long she had been off the nest yesterday but she had definitely switched over to taking care of the babies. There was 1 left and yesterday would have been day 21 for it. But she didn't sit on it. So last night I candled and saw movement got out my incubator and put the egg in...
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    Broody hen and her hatchlings

    I went out and one of the chicks died. It was in the nest it looked perfect but at tail there were some intestines out. Could mom have done that?
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    Broody hen and her hatchlings

    I got home from work and 3 babies have hatched when I went out she wasn't on her nest she was maybe 6 inches off in the direction of the food and water. 2 remaining eggs were in the nest. So I took my candler out and didn't move the eggs just held it up. One had a large dark spot and veins the...
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    Broody hen and her hatchlings

    The tarp is a good idea, opened the doors this morning and told my son he is on Fiona watch while I ran to work. Hopefully we can get the dirt bike to the barn today. She was fine sitting on her nest I couldn't see any babies but her wings and feathers were moving a little so I assume that's...
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    Broody hen and her hatchlings

    I found a screen and it fit 🤷🏼‍♀️ really surprised but I was only able to the get the window up about 7 inches. But the broody is maybe 15 feet from it so hopefully that will work.
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    Broody hen and her hatchlings

    I do but it doesn't have a screen. But it is raining so maybe if I just crack it nothing will get in. Maybe I will go do that cause I am just laying in bed fretting about it.
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    Broody hen and her hatchlings

    I have had chickens for 10+ years. I have always wanted to let a hen go broody and raise her chicks. So I finally got a good momma and everything fell into place. I had to take her from the coop and separate her because there were problems in the coop. (Which is kinda a different post) I made...
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