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    Woke up to hen and chicks dead, no sign of injuries

    Probably :(
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    Woke up to hen and chicks dead, no sign of injuries

    Bodies look fine. The only thing that's amiss is that they're dead. My father thinks they might've been poisoned with gas but that makes no sense to me. There's no gas source around and it should've killed everyone, not just them. A spider bite wouldn't be noticeable but each and every single...
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    Woke up to hen and chicks dead, no sign of injuries

    We've thought of it too but the enclosure is double crated, sturdy wire so nothing can get in and very fit net so the little chicks can't get out. The hen was inside one of the cages when we found them, with the chicks under her, which makes me believe they died in their sleep. If something did...
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    Woke up to hen and chicks dead, no sign of injuries

    Not s Not sure if it shows anything relevant, but here. The cages are old cages too small for our dogs to use, hens seem happy with them. We've kept hens and their chicks for 4 years now in here and nothing ever happened. Except when the chicks were stubborn and insisted on escaping...
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    Woke up to hen and chicks dead, no sign of injuries

    Hello. We have a secure enclosure of... 6mX6m. We keep 2 hens at a time inside, each with their own cage to sleep in separately. There's no way for any predators to come inside. They eat and drink from the same places and interact with each other daily. This morning, our hen with her 2 week old...
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    Our hen stopped sitting on the eggs after first chick came out this morning, what should I do?

    Hello! Update: During the night there has been no progress whatsoever. I've pipped all the eggs yesterday myself because I was worried they'd get out of air, but they didn't proceed to crack the egg further. However, a few hours later 4 of them came out! The hen is still sitting on the eggs...
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    Our hen stopped sitting on the eggs after first chick came out this morning, what should I do?

    Thank you! A few years ago when we got our first broody hen I'm pretty sure I happened to come on this forum (as it seems pretty familiar to me now) for basic information about... everything, so maybe it was time I actually made an account :)
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    Our hen stopped sitting on the eggs after first chick came out this morning, what should I do?

    I've just brought the hen and chick back in the garage where she's been sitting on the eggs until now and she seems to have settled on top of the chick and unhatched eggs. I've changed the hay in case there was something in there she didn't like and I'll keep an eye on her tonight. Thank you...
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    Our hen stopped sitting on the eggs after first chick came out this morning, what should I do?

    Yes, I plan to try again once it's time for sleep. I set up a smaller nest and hopefully as she sits on the chick that hatched this morning she's also going to sit on the other eggs. Thank you!
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    Our hen stopped sitting on the eggs after first chick came out this morning, what should I do?

    There's 7 of them that are alive, but I'm worried they won't get out without the hen warming them up. I put them in the sun (with a towel on top) for heat but it's gonna set in about an hour and they still haven't hatched. They're alive and moving though. We don't have heating pads or lamps so I...
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    Our hen stopped sitting on the eggs after first chick came out this morning, what should I do?

    Hello. Our hen covered the eggs for 21 days and today is hatch day. However, after the first chick came out, she moved to the other side of the nest with her chick and now the eggs are all cold and unattended. This is her first time so I get she might not know what to do. Will they still...
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