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    Leghorn mama hen with her 6 babies..

    Yep. My leghorn hatched some babies! :) I have 4 mamas right now. 2 australorps (3 & 6 babies) a buff brahma (6 babies) and my leghorn (6 babies) The sun is very bright. Sorry the pic quality is not better. 5 are white and 1 is reddish.
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    It depends on the hen, in my opinion. My regular broody isn't aggressive at all. All she usually does is puff up when other animals get too close to her and the babies. She might jump at a dog who comes close, but I've not seen her offensively attack other chickens.
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Has anyone had a broody hen that decided to sit on eggs in the poop under perches? ugh... The picture below is the mini temp coop that she decided to brood in, behind the front wall, right in the poop. Only a few chicks still use this place anymore . There were 3 in there tonight, right over...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    My australorp is broody again. She hatches babies, and then a few months later is ready to hatch some more...#4 and she isn't even 2 years old. I love broodies so that is not my problem. The problem is that she decided to nest in the poop underneath perches in a small temporary coop I had set...
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    Wow. This wasn't expected!

    I kind of thought she had tucked them under her wings too...I know she has carried an egg around that way before :) Very cool...thanks
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    New babies with mama hen :)

    oops, Dominique, not barred rocks.
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    Will a broody hen raise chicks?

    i posted in the wrong thread
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    New babies with mama hen :)

    Thanks! The mom is an australorp. The babies are either barred rocks or australorps on the mom side, and fathered by either a blue orpington, light brahma, or bantam cochin.
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    Wow. This wasn't expected!

    Mama hen moved the babies to a new location, but she had to get them over the 2 ft tall fence! How did she do this? I have a rabbit cage surrounded by a pet enclosure inside the big coop. I just put them in this setup today. The chicks hatched yesterday or the day before. Tonight, I went in...
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    What are hens can I mix in my flock?

    I also have broodies introducing many babies at one time on a regular basis. My birds have gotten used to many newbies.
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    What are hens can I mix in my flock?

    I've never had trouble introducing new chicks with my older chicks. I guess having so many (about 30) with a couple of sleeping areas, and large free range areas they don't pay much attention to the new arrivals.
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    New babies with mama hen :)

    Thank you!
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    New babies with mama hen :)

    I checked the last five eggs a couple hours ago. Two had died early, and the other three weren't fertilized. One baby died from the cold because he or she fell out of the nest area (found her on the ground this morning) I moved them all this morning to a better area so that won't happen again...
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    New babies with mama hen :)

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    best chick?

    I think my favorite are still the Brahmas.
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