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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Its dark here... and we are looking at putting the chicks in with the mama... is this still a good idea? Im really nervous about adding them. IF she doesnt accept them, will she kill them? I hate to have done all this work just to have her hurt them. We can just raise them by hand, but if...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: That sounds about right because the first chicks were a few days old, guess she thought she was done. I think we have a few late eggs too... my ds added to the pile and didnt happen to mention it to me. LOL He is just as addicted as I am, if not more! lol Looks like we will be...
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    Broody hen stopped sitting but we have eggs still hatching

    We got the rag in, thanks! I forgot about that trick... its been a while. Our temp is now 100.4 and humidity is still bouncing around but currently at 66 we are having to keep a close eye on it. It just keeps going down.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: That sounds about right because the first chicks were a few days old, guess she thought she was done. I think we have a few late eggs too... my ds added to the pile and didnt happen to mention it to me. LOL He is just as addicted as I am, if not more! lol Looks like we will be...
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    help Broody hen stopped sitting- chicks are hatching

    And the light bulb just blew out on our bator!!! We got murphy on this one... we had an extra! BAM! LOL Just hoping we didnt cause any extra issues having to open the bator again!
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    help Broody hen stopped sitting- chicks are hatching

    Quote: RIGHT!!! One ran right in front of my sons BARE foot! We have had some show up here and there in our garage, but thought we had a handle on them... not so much! The bator we have is one my son made, so its kinda big and we have to store it in the garage. I didnt think I would be...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: temps are sitting around 98 and 58 humidity... Im so glad we did find them, this is moms first time going broody and our first time having a broody hen... so we are all new. lol Good thing you got that back up bator! I would advice making sure it is spider free if you have a broody...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Quote: I agree I think the GA temps have definatly helped. We just built a new coop and we are still working on ventilation issues, its warm inside so I think that has also helped. Mom was sitting on them yesterday evening so I believe it has only been since this morning. We did have one...
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    help Broody hen stopped sitting- chicks are hatching

    Thanks ptwoody We are currently sitting at 98 and hum is 58, we're still trying to get it higher. You would think our Georgia humidity would help us out a bit. We had one chick hatch in my sons hands! Very cool! We went ahead and put the baby in the bator to warm her up a bit. Hopefully...
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    Broody hen stopped sitting but we have eggs still hatching

    Temp is at 98.6 humitity is 51% is that ok?
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    Broody hen stopped sitting but we have eggs still hatching

    Quote: Thanks all!!! What are signs of shrink wrapped chicks? We had a few shrink wrap when we incubated so I have no idea how to look for signs.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank YOU!!! I have the bator out and eggs in it... Im trying to remember temps and such for hatching... right now its at 91 temp and 62% humitity... we live in GA and the bator is curently outside, because when we pulled it out it was covered in Black widows! Could this get anymore exciting...
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    help Broody hen stopped sitting- chicks are hatching

    Thank YOU!!! I have the bator out and eggs in it... Im trying to remember temps and such for hatching... right now its at 91 temp and 62% humitity... we live in GA and the bator is curently outside, because when we pulled it out it was covered in Black widows! Could this get anymore exciting...
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    Broody hen stopped sitting but we have eggs still hatching

    Thank YOU!!! I have the bator out and eggs in it... Im trying to remember temps and such for hatching... right now its at 91 temp and 62% humitity... we live in GA and the bator is curently outside, because when we pulled it out it was covered in Black widows! Could this get anymore exciting...
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    Broody hen stopped sitting but we have eggs still hatching

    We have a broody hen that hatched 3 chicks the day before yesterday. Today she is not longer sitting on the eggs and hasnt been in the nest all day. We decided to candle the eggs and one started chirping and pippped in our hands. We quickly put it back! I could hear pecking inside another...
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