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    Orphan keet... hen won't take late hatchling?

    Thank you, that might not be a bad idea! Maybe if I even put the chick and keet together for a day and let them become "pals", then bring the hen back around them tomorrow and see if she accepts them back as a pair? Chickens can't count... if they are running around together maybe she'll forget...
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    Orphan keet... hen won't take late hatchling?

    So we let our broody hen sit on a clutch of eggs, some hers and a few from the guineas. A week ago a single chick hatched. Broody sat for another day or two, then gave up on the rest and has been in mommy mode with the one chick, scratching in the coop all day. Last night at lock up, I heard...
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