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    rehoming a current broody hen?

    Hi. you guys are always a wealth of information and experience, so here's my question...TIA! we're having to move within the year and are gradually reducing our flock in anticipation. I'm looking to rehome two of my favorites, which are barred rock sisters, one of which is currently broody. I...
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    Detached air cell? Any hope? Day 13 shipped eggs under broody hen

    thank you for asking! none of them made it...they seemed to develop to term but just didn't hatch. we did end up getting the broody to adopt some 3-day-old chicks though, so sort of a happy ending!
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    4 day old salmon faverolle chick ate whole pomegranate seed - will it cause crop impaction?

    lol, oh boy! I can already tell these chicks will be an adventure. my grown chickens are little velociraptors but this is my first rodeo with little itty bitties and it's impressive what they're already trying to eat...
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    Please, help me... trying get broody hen to adopt chicks

    just wanted to say that this thread was super helpful to me a couple of days ago, when slipping my 3-day old chicks under a broody. pretty much all of my anxieties and concerns were answered here. thanks!
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    4 day old salmon faverolle chick ate whole pomegranate seed - will it cause crop impaction?

    update: the chick was fine. I guess his crop muscles are stronger than I gave him credit for!
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    4 day old salmon faverolle chick ate whole pomegranate seed - will it cause crop impaction?

    lol. I can believe it. that faverolle chick is something else. his siblings are cochins and cream crested legbars and I'm so glad we made the impulse to add him on. are they just really clownish and goofy and dramatic?
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    4 day old salmon faverolle chick ate whole pomegranate seed - will it cause crop impaction?

    thank you or saying that! it's my first time with chicks this small...
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    4 day old salmon faverolle chick ate whole pomegranate seed - will it cause crop impaction?

    they do have access to chick grit, so hopefully that will solve it. they're already acting like little dinosaurs and eating everything they can get their beaks on yet they seem so fragile lol
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    4 day old salmon faverolle chick ate whole pomegranate seed - will it cause crop impaction?

    brand new chick got ahold of a pomegranate seed that must have been left behind from the flock's snack earlier, and somehow managed to swallow it. I'm freaking out about whether or not it'll totally block up the baby's crop. Am I overreacting?
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    day 8 under broody hen - hairline fractures in eggs - keep incubating or toss?

    so neither egg made it. they both appeared to be developing well until they ended up getting craters that broke the membrane. The second one just broke today, day 15 : /. Upon inspection that shells were just so paper thin. I feel bad that I didn't notice this before setting them :(
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    Detached air cell? Any hope? Day 13 shipped eggs under broody hen

    does anyone have any advice? I can try and create a makeshift incubator if the egg has to be in a certain position to hatch, if that is the only hope... should I try to make an incubator, let it be and maybe it will hatch, or remove it to save it from suffering? TIA
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    Detached air cell? Any hope? Day 13 shipped eggs under broody hen

    When candling my day 13 Swedish flowery hen eggs today, I noticed that one of them seems to have that dreaded saddle-shaped/wobbly air cell. I had let the eggs rest pointy side down prior to putting them under then hen, but I guess that didn't help with this egg. My question is this - is there...
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    day 8 under broody hen - hairline fractures in eggs - keep incubating or toss?

    good point! I'll look into those options as well. and will do! fingers crossed! thanks!
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    day 8 under broody hen - hairline fractures in eggs - keep incubating or toss?

    thank you! scotch tape is my go-to for a lot of things lol. here's to hoping they hatch and Buffy will finally stop being forever-broody!
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    day 8 under broody hen - hairline fractures in eggs - keep incubating or toss?

    oh! wonderful tip! thank you for your encouragement, I will try that.
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