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    UK Members Please Say HI

    Congratulations - that is soooo exciting. They are too cute! Hope you're loving seeing all this wonderful nature unfolding before you - my two children and I are totally rapt We've been out to check when we got home from work/school tonight, and there's now 7 (maybe 8) chicks under mum - and...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    And so many more chicks under her this morning, peeping away - counted about 6 or more. And home from work this afternoon there are at least 8 and another zipped - let's hope at least one's a pullet I notice the broody is totally skin and bone after all her hard work (though very fluffy, and...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you! I arrived home from work today to lots of peeping and two gorgeous fluffy butts under the broody! At least one is full polish chick as definitely has the 'hairdo'. I think this is day 20, so fingers crossed for more chicks by tomorrow if we're really lucky. It looks like there...
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    Hello there - I'm a newbie to BYC, based in the Surrey Hills near Guildford, and am following all of your chicken introduction and hatching stories with great interest and hope I came back from holiday in August to find my sweet 7 month old RhodeRock (Black Rock/Mrs Pepperpot) brooding on a...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    I think chicks with their 'moms' are fine, as they just snuggle up to them when they get too cold - or at least that's the impression I've had from reading other posts! However, I'm a newbie to BYC, based in England, so perhaps I just hope that's the case I came back from holiday in August to...
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    September 2015 Hatch-A-long!!

    Phew! I'm a newbie to BYC, based in England, and am following all of your hatching stories with great interest and hope I came back from holiday in August to find my sweet 7 month old RhodeRock (Black Rock/Mrs Pepperpot) brooding on a mixed clutch of 10 eggs, so I'm an accidental joiner to...
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