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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Thanks I will try that. Hopefully, one of the 3 will let me move her and stay broody, once they get another clutch. I've already cleaned out their nest boxes in order to let them try again.
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    I'll also add that due to the violence I'm considering building a chicken tractor for my Golden Campines and getting them their own properly sized rooster. I suspect that they could then hatch naturally, which is what I'd really like to see in the future, but for now, I'll just start planning...
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Thanks for all the great advice! I will definitely handle things in a more controlled way next time. I wanted to let it all happen naturally, but I think having the much larger Black Australorp Roosters and hens mixed in with the much smaller Golden Campine hens was a big part of the problem...
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    I put food and water inside the hen house with them a couple days ago, immediately upon finding the dead one. They have easy access to it right outside the nest boxes. I put out both chick feed and regular layer feed for the mothers. I wasn't sure if I should handle them, but if it's ok at...
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Yeah, as of today, the other two are still relaxing in their nest boxes with the remaining chicks and eggs. I get paid on Friday and will be able to get some more fencing and set them up a separate "see but not touch" area, but unfortunately, I simply don't have the supplies to set it up until...
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Well on of the hens decided she didn't like it locked inside and flew out the top. This is the same one that the rooster tried to push her eggs out of the nest box. So I'm down to two now, I found another broken egg today and could hear at least one chick under the mothers, but still haven't...
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Thanks for your help, I was able to put together some temporary nest boxes with some scrap lumber, ran all the other hens and roosters out of the hen house and set them up a temporary roost. I'm glad I did too, because when I went back out there, one of the roosters was inside one of the nest...
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Unfortunately, I used the rest of the fencing that I had making tomato cages and can't get any more at the moment. I think the rest of the flock will be safe for a couple days under the coop, I am going to proceed with that before it gets dark. Thanks.
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Yes, it should be safe. I have netting over the entire area and the fencing is a combination of 14 awg 2x4 fencing doubled up with Chicken wire on the inside and buried 6 inches. So far, I've never had any predators penetrate it. I will try to throw something together for the other layers...
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    To clarify, I have 3 broody hens, 8 non-broody, and 2 roosters. It would be difficult to move the rest of the flock to another location and I really don't know where I'd put them.
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Well, I could just close off the hen house and kick the rest out for a day or two. I can set up a makeshift roost under the hen house for the others, in the mean time.
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    Chickens hatching naturally today, but problems with getting killed

    Ok, so I've had 3 broody hens sitting on eggs for right at a month now. Today 3 of them have hatched and I'm expecting more to come. The first one, was laying in front of the nest box chirping like crazy, when I found it, so I went inside to get food and water for them only to come back...
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    White egg laying hens breeding with brown egg laying breed of roosters, what will the babies lay?

    Nice, thanks for the info guys. I was hoping it would be a mixing of the two, but wasn't certain.
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    White egg laying hens breeding with brown egg laying breed of roosters, what will the babies lay?

    Hey guys, I've been raising chickens since around this time last year. I started with some day old Golden Campines which lay medium to large white eggs. Earlier this year I got some straight run Black Australorps from TSC. Up until a few weeks ago, I thought they were all hens, but now that...
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