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    Standing on eggs

    So...... I just checked and none of the hens were sitting on the eggs with cracks in. Should I bring them in and put them under a heat lamp (don't have an incubator) or leave them on there and check every 30 mins that a hen is still ont hem?
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    Standing on eggs

    The first that this happened to I left. - It died The second I moved to the most broody chook who was sitting on a different nest as she'd been kicked of hers. - It died The third I've brought inside in it's cracked shell and put it in the hot water cupboard with warm wheat packs around it. -...
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    Standing on eggs

    Hi, My chicken are struggling to sit on the eggs due to hatch in a couple of days and are standing on the eggs, breaking them and the prem chickens are being crushed by feet and dying. How can i stop this?
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    Cats

    So it's okay? Really? Cool! I knew there was a reason I posted this question. Thanks guys.
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    Cats

    I've been reading through the forums and can't see anything directly relating to this, although I'm sure it must have been asked before. I found my cat curled up asleep in the laying boxes today. The chicken aren't using them yet as they are still not laying. (About 6 mth old I think and we're...
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    Chicken's brighter than you'd know.

    I laughed when I read this on the "Treat Chart" as many types of packing pellets look like styrofoam but are actually made out of rice. Try them some time, they are quite sweet. What's the bet that the chickens knew best? """""""""""""""""""""""""""" A quote from Nifty-Chicken, the...
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