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    Broody Hen Thread!

    I have always incubated so I have kept chicks away from flock until older. This is my first set of broody hens so I'm not sure how things will go. But my broody barred rock years my hands and arms up when I inspect her best so hopefully she does the same to the rest of the flock
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    They are in with the rest of the flock. I have a small coop with nesting boxes inside of the big coop. I could move them in there to protect the babies from the rest of the flock. Would the hens still sit if I moved them. Or should I just let them be and let nature take its course.
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    2 broody hens. 18 eggs. 3 different batches(I think). 7 really close (2 internal pip under 1 hen). 5 a week or less out under a second hen. 6 in incubator only a week along. I don't know how far along each egg is and the ones that are really close will the hen stay for all of them or after a few...
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    Broody hens hatching

    I am just wondering if I should and how to split them up or pull them and let the later ones hatch in the incubator and introduce them to the hen that starts with the hatchlings first. I should have watched harder but I marked a few from the beginning and the rest came I guess when those hens...
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    Broody hens hatching

    I finally have 2 broody hens and they are sitting eggs of all different dates. I went through 18 of them and split them up 3 different ways by how far along they were. Some had piped and some hadn't. I put 7 under one that were pretty far along(2 had piped). 5 that were farther along but not as...
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    Bad hatch

    I incubated 12 eggs. 3 Bantys and the rest normal. 5 piped 3 bantys piped one rolled over and suffocated themselves. Only 2 regulars piped and both died. I had five that made it to day 18 and never piped. Cracked them open and all looked normal one had absorbed yolk sac and the other 4 didn't...
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    Pale watery winter eggs

    What are some good supplements to get back that orange color and the thick creamy texture back to my eggs. I know they don't get as much forage in the winter. I've started giving them greens, heads of lettuce and mix in alfalfa pellets to their feed. I haven't given this time to see if it works...
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    ⠀ Pale Watery winter eggs.

    What are some good supplements to get back that orange color and the thick creamy texture back to my eggs. I know they don't get as much forage in the winter. I've started giving them greens, heads of lettuce and mix in alfalfa pellets to their feed. I haven't given this time to see if it works...
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    Bottom beak too long

    I bought some pullets from Meyer hatchery and they had trimmed their beaks. Now the bottom is outgrowing the top but I'm sure I can cut them but some guidance would be appreciated. I have chickens that were raised from day olds that I have never trimmed and their beaks look way better than...
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    Runt

    Looking at its feet they look dried up and are a darker color than the other chicks of the same color and I noticed it last night on the chick that didn't end up making it
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    Runt

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    Runt

    I have another one that is sort of acting the same way. It is just not as active and spunky as the others. The one from last night had what looked like dried blood on the bottom of one of its feet. And the one acting lethargic tonight has the same thing on the bottom of one of its feet
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    Runt

    He didn't make it got home this evening and it was out hope that's the last
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    Runt

    I showed it the water again and I watched it eat and it seemed better maybe I just caught it at a bad time but I will keep my eyes peeled. I'm thinking about putting them out with my flock in my chick pen this weekend and keeping it and a few more back in the brooder do its not alone but I will...
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    Runt

    I hatched out 36. Last one last Saturday. They are 6 days old now bi there is one that is half the size of the others. It is kind of lethargic and listless it does not huddle with the group. And one of its feet has dried blood on it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I hatched 36 and...
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