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    When do you separate the mother hen from her nine baby chicks?

    Mama was roosting so I put eggs under her and she hatched them. She's been a great mama until tonight when she was chasing and pecking them.
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    When do you separate the mother hen from her nine baby chicks?

    How do you let the mama decide when she's done with her babies? This evening my mama decided to go into the big coop ( I separated the babies and mama when they were born bc my big coop is very big and not baby proof) tonight she wanted to be with the other chickens I guess. When I grabbed her...
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    Introduction disaster!

    I have three 6.5 month old chickens and four 3.5ish month old chickens. They have been free ranging together in my yard for about 6 weeks but I put them in separate pens at night. Last night I decided to try and put them all together. When I got up this morning to check on them one of the babies...
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