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    Hen attacks her chicks?

    I hope she will! If she doesn't, do you think there's any way I can reintroduce them after a couple of days? Thank you for your help :)
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    Hen attacks her chicks?

    Yeah she's definitely had them for at least 18 days, and the chick only hatched a few hours ago so it was pretty late in the day as well.
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    Hen attacks her chicks?

    Yes, she seemed to get off the nest every day at about 1:00 to eat and drink and that was pretty much it. She was broody for about a week and a half before we gave her the eggs though, could that be an issue?
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    Hen attacks her chicks?

    Yeah that's what we initially assumed and we weren't concerned, but after the chick situation I wasn't sure if that would be relevant or not - it was probably unrelated but I've never had a situation like this so I wasn't sure if that would be helpful information :) We gave her the eggs on May 20!
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    Hen attacks her chicks?

    It's actually not the first time for me - I've only had wonderful experiences before :( this is the first time for the hen though. She's weirdly unreactive in all other situations, and honestly didn't even fuss when I grabbed the chick. She's never pecked when I candled the eggs, or when I had...
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    Hen attacks her chicks?

    I have with three eggs that were due to hatch today. A few days ago one of her eggs had been stepped on (at least that was what it looked like?) and when we went to remove it she went crazy trying to eat it. Now that the first baby has hatched as soon as she caught sight of it she went to go...
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    Not sure about the breed of your chicken(s)? Click here!

    Thank you so much! I've never even heard of that breed before, I'll have to do some reading up :) My Wyandottes always had really big lumpy combs so I was shocked when she had such a tiny one!
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    Not sure about the breed of your chicken(s)? Click here!

    I would love some help with my girl! She is about 4 months old, and bough at my local farm & pet store. They sell tons of different kinds of chickens, and at the same time I bought a "Heritage" RIR, Salmon Favorelle, Bantam Plymouth Rock, Partridge Rock, and a Buff Orpington. I was told "Tiny"...
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