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    Broody Hen's 1st time - First Chick Premature? Advice?

    So glad we waited! Another egg is pipping!
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    Broody Hen's 1st time - First Chick Premature? Advice?

    LOOK! Our first little peeper! The other 5 eggs show no signs that I could see or hear, so I guess we wait a day or two? Long story short, this is the 2nd generation to be born on our farm. Mama hen was hatched here too (though her mom ran away and we thought she had been eaten, until she...
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    Broody Hen's 1st time - First Chick Premature? Advice?

    EEEK! I went to do my nightly chores and did my normal check under our broody hen. I assumed an egg had hatched because I could hear a loud and clear PEEP PEEP PEEP. Turns out a egg is HATCHING now. :) We moved hen, and all 6 eggs to a separate, safer, on the ground location. How long does it...
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    Broody Hen's 1st time - First Chick Premature? Advice?

    Hi all. We have a young bantam hen who became broody recently, so we let her set. She had 6 of her own eggs under her and I tucked in 2 full sized eggs for fun. *I did NOT mark on the calendar the start date so I really have no idea how long she's been sitting, but I do know this week sometime...
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    Possible Mereks

    We have an 11 week old bantam chick that was hatched here on our farm. I went to feed and gather eggs and noticed she wouldn't get up. She ended up dragging/hopping/using her wings to help get to the water dish. That was 3 maybe 4 days ago. Yesterday we brought her inside and placed her into a...
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    3 week old bantam with leg problems

    Thanks for the links. I'm sure hoping it's a vitamin deficiency! So far s/he is the only one of our flock with symptoms. The bantam is one of 8 that hatched on our farm and the others seem just healthy as can be. No mold in food. They are free range as well.
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    3 week old bantam with leg problems

    What ever happened to your bantam? We have one that is 12 weeks and I found exactly as you described and whose legs are doing the exact same thing.
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