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Yes, my wife said she is now sitting on eggs again in our coop. What can we do? I’d rather have her raise the chicks but I don’t want more to die.

We had one of our Barred Rocks go broody and decided to let her hatch out some eggs. Of the 7 she was sitting on, only 3 developed and 2 hatched yesterday. We bought some 2 day old chicks from a local farm and switched out eggs for chicks. In total, our hen had 10 chicks under her and she seemed...

Thanks for the replies everyone! I’m hoping we still get mostly hens. I at least have some people in my town that would take roosters, so worst case they’d still get a home.

TheUPSguy

Hello, my family and I started our chicken journey this year and I was wondering if anyone with experience could verify the sex of our chicks and also tell me the breed of one of them. They are all a little over 5 weeks old. First picture is a Rhode Island Red with the mystery chick next to it...