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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    My 3 chicks are 5.5 weeks old now. Mama and babies all sleep huddled up together in the coop. Even my other adult hens rarely roost in their sleep, they huddle up in nest boxes....very frustrating. Anyway, mama and babies are sleeping where my other girls had been laying eggs for the last 2...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    All my Chickens: Well....Snow (mom) got her way tonight. Lately she has been doing a lot of pacing back and forth between the Nursery Coop and the Big Girl Coop........anytime she hasn't been free in the yard, back and forth she has gone. Tonight, long after she normally takes the chicks to...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    One of the posts made me chuckle. For my Broody Hen, I got 6 fertilized eggs from a friend - I marked each with an X with a permanent marker.....and it was a good thing because a few times some of my other hens would sneak in and lay while she took her daily break. anyway, now my little brood...
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    Sexing mixed breed chickens

    I love your hens name.....I have two that are someone mean....one is Squawker cause she is noisey and bossy, and the other Queen Bee. My Terrier will be laying in the grass minding his own business and she will sneak up behind him and peck him..........I may use Hanable for a future hen!
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Well, introduction day didn't work too well......I left the play yard open and eventually Snow (mom) and the Golden Chick (very independent) came out and towards me. The two black chicks remained behind. Anyway, Squacker (mean girl) got to close to the golden chick so I got up, but Squacker...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Snow (mama hen) is the largest but also at the bottom of the pecking order. Fire, is a skinny chicken that I got with her and they get along fine, but the two older hens (Squacker and Queen Bee) I call the mean girls. When Snow way laying on her eggs, when ever she would come other the other...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    oh, don't worry, I had her back with her chicks within minutes.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    First the Question, then the background :.) How long does the mother hen need to stay with the chicks? And at what age can I introduce the chicks to the remaining girls. I have 4 chickens, and only one has gone broody and she did it twice in the span of 3 months. I think she is a Rock Island...
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    How long should I wait.

    I had a hen go broody twice in 3 months. Since I can't have a rooster in the City, I decided to give Snow her hearts desire, and I got some fertilized eggs from a friend who has a small farm. Yesterday, day 20, 3 little chicks emerged. One is golden and looks like a tiger eye and the other...
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