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I should add that one of the broody hens has experience, and the other one may even be her daughter. The people we bought the flock and coop from said she was an excellent brooder.

Hi, We have 12 chickens and 1 rooster that we bought almost a year ago. About 2.5 weeks ago, DH decided to let a broody hen sit on some eggs. Then our other bantam joined her. He marked all the eggs early on. One or two broke, but we have 9 eggs between them. We remove the extra's each day...

Thanks Chik-a-dee! Maybe we can help each other! Newbies need to stick together!

Thanks everyone for all your thoughts and suggestions. Lots of different perspectives to think about. He was calm and didn't attack anyone today when I came home from work and let them out. He only seems to have a problem when we try to work in the run in the evening, and especially when my DH...

AChickenWrangler#1, you had me laughing to myself picturing you hurling rocks at your roo! LOL! That really cheered me up! LOL! Thanks everyone for all your kind words of support and your suggestions. One of my coworkers also told me this morning to bring a broom in the run with me. So that is...

He's okay! He was late getting up and didn't start crowing until my DH went to investigate. But he got up and out of the coop, was walking around fine, was eating and even flapped his wings. I'm very relieved. And thank you to everyone for the great suggestions. I don't feel like I'm savvy...

Thank you so much for your advice and support. I'm trying not to beat myself up but I am really sad about it. Thanks for everything everyone suggested. I learned a lot of new idea's if it happens again. I will let you know how he looks in the morning. thanks again very much.

I am a new chicken owner. My DH and I bought 14 hens and a young rooster from a previous owner about a month ago. This evening the rooster started attacking my husband. Then when I went into the run to change the water and other chores, the rooster started coming after me. The previous owner...