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    Broody with single chick, seems to be ignoring it, advice needed!

    Oh and here's a pic of mum doing her own thing, you can just see chick on the floor!
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    Broody with single chick, seems to be ignoring it, advice needed!

    Glad I kept her with mum. They're doing great (mums still half hearted!) and she's feathering out nicely now:)
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    Broody with single chick, seems to be ignoring it, advice needed!

    Just a quick update. I decided to leave her with mum and they're doing great. Baby is now 10 days old. Mum still kind of does her own thing, but keeps little one warm at night. I'm letting the other two out in the garden so mum and little one can have the whole run in the day. I occasionally let...
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    Broody with single chick, seems to be ignoring it, advice needed!

    I meant to say, she doesnt defend it from me or the other chickens, but did she fluff up big when one our cats came by (it couldn't get to her in the run), so I guess that's something...
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    Broody with single chick, seems to be ignoring it, advice needed!

    Hi Chicken-Boy, thanks the reply and advice. Today I let the two big girls out in the garden so mum and baby could have the whole run. Mum loved it but perhaps a little too much! She was busy digging, sitting on perches to peck at the pear tree, dust bathing, all the while ignoring the little...
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    Broody with single chick, seems to be ignoring it, advice needed!

    Hi, here's my situation. I have three young hybrids (bought in June as POL, started laying within a week). They live in an Omlet cube in a 5x2metre walk in run with some free-ranging in our garden (we're in Scotland btw). One went broody in July and stayed that way while we were away for a week...
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