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    Cream Legbars

    Ah okay! An interesting observation I made was that in 2 of my chicks (the cream legbar and the chipmunk striped one) the wing feathers (just coming in at 5 days old) seem different to the other 2 chicks, the wing looks onger and narrower when held on the body, whereas the other 2 chicks have...
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    Cream Legbars

    For the full legbar chick on top it actually looks female. It has a smallish headspot (if you can call it  that) which is contained within the V head stripe. It has distinct striping and eye liner it just happens to be a more gold colored chick (look back in the thread you can get female chicks...
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    Cream Legbars

    Can someone confirm that this chick is a male? I also have 3 cream legbar crosses (the father being the cream legbar) that may be sexable?
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    Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

    4/5 of the my eggs hatched under my broody, 3 of them are cream legbar roo over a non-cl hen, and 1 is pure cream legbar. I know they aren't sex linked, but I it still possible to try to predict the sexes? Chick 1: black chick Chick 2: chick with black dot on head Chick 3: chick with defined...
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    anyone in England ?

    If you want to break the broodiness, my fail safe method is to stick them in an upside down hamster cage (essentially any cage that has a wire bottom) with food and water on a brick in each corner (so it's off the ground) in the run - this ensures she can't brood and when she sits down her tummy...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    That's true I guess! I'm only coming home late on day 19 as ive been on holiday, hopefully none hatch before day 20 or ill miss it!!
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    My broody's eggs are on day 16, and are due to hatch on Monday (day 21), they are cream legbar rooster over small LF hens, will these take all 21 days to hatch, or hatch earlier?
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    Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

    I've got some eggs set under a broody, some of these are pure cream legbars, but 2 are cream legbar roo x hen shown below, and 1 is cream legbar roo x a similar hen that is all black and also has a crest! I can't wait to see what hatches out :D
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you! I thought 4 weeks should be okay :) I think I will go for 5 eggs (this may change to 6 lol), she is fairly small, not as big as my silver laced wyandotte bantam, but currently very much happily and easily covering 2 bantam and 4 LF fake eggs :)
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I've just had a silver pencilled wyandotte bantam go broody, she's a horrible chicken that screeches when you go near her when she's broody, but that's just get protective nature I guess. Anyway, we're away on holiday for a month so I have arranged for the person caring for our chooks to swap...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    She may leave the nest, but after they have been broody for a couple of days they seem to be determined to hatch, i always make sure a broody has been broody for a few days solid before providing her with eggs! I have never hatched within the flock, but if you block off her nest box I'm sure it...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    This is very interesting! Are there any types in which you have experienced eggs/chicks being accidentally buried? My first ever broody (a hybrid) had a straw/hay nest, and when I emptied the nest out I found a dead chick buried under straw/hay, I'm not sure what the reason for this was, but she...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    interesting! Is this for any specific reason or just convenience?
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thanks for the input guys! I imagine shellgrit or cat litter clay to be hard and not particularly comfortable? good point by PD-Riverman, people have said that hay gets mouldy, but if it stays dry (broodies should be in dry places) that shouldn't be a problem? I wonder what wild chickens would...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I'm thinking of letting one of our hens (we constantly have broody bantams its a nightmare!!) hatch out some more chicks in august, and was wondering what bedding everyone uses, and what the pros and cons are? I've used straw in the past but I'm not really sure why!
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