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    Welsummer chick gender

    Devastated, went in tonight straight after college and that chick has been tramped and has died, horrible ..
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    Welsummer chick gender

    Hi just wanting a few opinions, had my buff Orpington hatch 4 random eggs and there is a pure welsummee chick (pictured) I think it's a hen but could I please have some expert opinions it's the one top left
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    Chick hatched 3 days later

    Yeah I see what you mean, it's aarge chick and has began moving quicker than any others I've hatched, last year I hatched and kept 21/24 so 4/5 this year would keep my success going!
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    Chick hatched 3 days later

    But going under the broody hen is the only option for it, i think it should be fine but what are the chances of it being rejected by the mother?
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    Chick hatched 3 days later

    I had a broody hen sat on eggs, but randomly laid an egg 3 days after I sat her on 5 fresh eggs. 3 hatched 4 days ago, and I put the egg which was 3 days younger in my incubator and has just hatched this morning, how do you suggest I add it to the 3 chicks with the broody hen?
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    adding other chicks to a broody hen

    Sounds like a great mother, wish I had one like that!
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    adding other chicks to a broody hen

    Yeah i have an area in my house set up for if this happens, as i have had bad experiences before. Hopefully she will love them, do you know how many a hen can comfortabely look after?
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    Terrible rat problem

    My cat loves killing the rats, she sleeps in the loft of the barn and goes down though the night and kills them, what a legend!
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    eggs at different stages

    Yeah i think i will do that, although I dont know exactly when the first 4 are going to hatch, or even if the one that was a few days behind is still there as an egg got smashed about a week ago which could've been any of them. I have a space ready in house to do this if it turns out like that...
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    So many broody hen!!!

    Contageous broodiness seems more irritating than than the rat problem i had last year :D
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    So many broody hen!!!

    Yeah when they are going broody i am moving them and putting eggs underneath them, but my concern is why so many have started gooing broody at once, very abnormal
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    So many broody hen!!!

    Up until recently I have had hardly any broody hens, and when they do go broody snap out of it pretty quick. However in the last 2 months in my flock of 30 there about 5 broody hens, and when i set them on eggs they get upset and usually leave them or behave oddly like pooping on the eggs and...
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    adding other chicks to a broody hen

    Yet another post, I have 5 chicks due to hatch in a few days under a Copper Black hen and am wondering if it would be okay for me to add a few more chicks that i may buy 1-2 days old under then hen when the eggs hatch? Any advice appreciated, TIA
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    eggs at different stages

    So i hatched 21/24 eggs in an incubator last year with 4/4 from under a hen, this year there are 5 eggs under a hen that has been broody for a long time and i think they are around day 17-18 of hatching, but one of them is 3 days younger than the 4 others, all fertile and growing. Is it okay for...
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    Comment by 'Nathaniel Walton' in item 'Leghorn'

    my 2 white leghorns are nearly 3 and have probably laid 360 eggs every year! putting the other 25 hens to shame!
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