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    questions about hatching pekin eggs

    I have a pekin female who decided she wanted to be a momma (I was under the impression pekins did not do this) Anyway sometime last month she hoarded up about 19 eggs! Yesterday they started hatching, as of today she is walking around with 12 little babies following her. She left 7 eggs on...
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    broke jaw / twisted beak ??

    Well I had a friend of a friend bring me 5 babies to add to my flock. She dropped off box and left. As I was pulling them out of box I noticed one had a beak that is not lined up, not sure if the jaw was injured or what. Suggestions??? Has anyone seen this before? What should I do?
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    chicken hen hatching duck eggs

    thanks for the reply... I did find some old threads here from a few years ago, where people were talking about their chickens raising ducks and doing real well with it. Which is a relief. I plan on taking them from her anyway as I want them to be very social with us (people). But my big...
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    chicken hen hatching duck eggs

    Just wondering if anyone has any experience with using a chicken to hatch duck eggs? I have a hen who loves to be mommy more than she likes to lay eggs. In decemeber I tried to hatch to pekin eggs in an incubator, with no luck :-( The beginning of Jan my motherly hen went broody again... So...
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    Can she live? or should I put her out of her misery?

    While driving my husband to work this morning at 5 a.m., after I dropped him off, (of course) as I was heading back home I saw a chicken on the side of the road. Stopped and she is obviously a meat bird, I am going to assume fell off a transport truck ??? I wrapped a towel around her and...
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    egg with crack/hole but chick not coming out

    funny...LOL I have been nervous, as I have read about hens pecking and being mean to the babies, and getting up and leaving them.... the past two weeks we have had 70's and 80's during the days and high 50's and 60's at night. Of course last night cold front moved in, and we are only making it...
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    egg with crack/hole but chick not coming out

    All six are out and under momma! I just checked on her, it is getting cold here in the night this week so I didn't want to mess with her too much but was able to lift her up a little and saw the new little one, still kind of wet looking, not fluffy yet, but moving! So I just let them be...
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    egg with crack/hole but chick not coming out

    out of 6 eggs 5 have hatched great (under hen) last egg has a crack and little hole in it, I can hear little peeps coming from it, it has been like this for at least 4 hours... How long before I should help it out... or should I ??? Will the hen?
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    1st egg hatched... Now what?

    Ok, another question... last egg, has a little crack/hole in it, and I can hear little peeps coming from it, but it has been like that for hours.... How long before I help it, or should I ???
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    1st egg hatched... Now what?

    I have a hen who went broody a while back, April 1st, I gave her six eggs to sit on. (None of which were hers) We put her nest in a covered fenced box (4'x4') with her own food and water and kept her in the big coop with all the other chickens. Today her first egg hatched! 1) I thought I...
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    Broody hens hatching babies together?

    Thanks for the advice, I will set up second broody in another pen. :-)
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    Broody hens hatching babies together?

    Ok, I am new to letting hens do this the natural way ;-) I have a hen who really was showing us she wanted to be a mama... so we picked out 6 good looking eggs and let her keep them. We have a large cage (4x4) inside the coop, we moved her nest and gave her, her own food and water in there...
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    ducklings eating woodchips???

    Does anyone know why the ducklings eat woodchips, and will it hurt them ?
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    Ducks and Chickens

    Ok, we have some experience with chickens, and thinking we want a couple of ducks. :-) ( I just love ducks!!!) My questions is if I get a new batch of chicks and a few ducks at the same time... has anyone housed ducks and chickens together? Will they fight? get along? Any ideas, thoughts or...
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    are they safe to eat?

    Wonderful!! They all laid flat on the bottom of bowl, under the water! :-)
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