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    need help quickly..

    Well I managed to roll it under her, at least push it under with a broom end, hens a mean girl and would have your hand off if you tried to put it under.. she seems to be still on it since I shut out all light, so will see if it hatched tomorrow morning.. 3 hatched yesterday and the other three...
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    need help quickly..

    My broody has hatched 6 out of 10 eggs, and has now got up and left the nest.. but one has started to hatch and she won't go sit back on it.. I figure I have a few options.. leave it to die, try and scoop her back on, which i did but within minutes she was off and showing her others how to fed...
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    Hen eats chick?

    It is very bizarre as she is a fantastic mother with her other chicks.. I think the chick died as it was damaged when she dragged it out with her and she ate it to clean up the nest for the other hatching chicks.. I know that no predator would have got them.. there is no way it could have got in...
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    Hen eats chick?

    Nope.. not a predator.. I know that 100%.. I think what I am saying is.. my hen ate her chick.. could it have been because i touched it to put it back, or because she knew it was damaged..
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    Hen eats chick?

    I hope someone can tell me if this is possible.. one of my broodies hatched out her chicks.. when I went into see her she flew out of the box at me and in the process dragged an only just hatched chick out with her, it still had a small bit of shell on it and was still wet.. I popped it back...
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    Do hens stop laying in Autumn

    Thank you very much for your answers.. :-)
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    Do hens stop laying in Autumn

    Sorry if the answer to this is somehwere but I have looked and can't find.. Do hens stop laying eggs in the Autumn and then start again in the spring or will I get eggs all year round.
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    could wasp sting kill chick

    I have 5.... 2 day old Wyandotte chicks.. all of them seemed to be drinking and pecking food.. this morning one was dead... tonight I find down the side of the brooder a huge wasp.. could this have stung the chick and killed it? I am in the UK and it wasn't a hornet, just a common wasp. As I am...
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