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    Bad moms!

    Ok well I locked the coop down. Put food and water in there for the hens and then put my first hatched back under the momma hen. Everything seemed ok and the other broody hen even had an egg that had pipped. I put them all to bed and rushed out to check them in the morning. Disaster . I had...
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    Bad moms!

    So should I move the hens from the boxes down to the floor of the coop? Will they sit on eggs there?
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    Bad moms!

    A view of the luxurious interior. See how the nesting box is up off the floor of the coop. Dad and the non brooder chick peckers
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    Bad moms!

    Its the largest ive seen for sale. The run is 4' x 8' and the roof is about 5' tall. I can move around inside and Im a 6' 250# man. Might be because i took the picture from up on my deck far away. I can probably crawl into the coop if I wanted to(which I dont lol). Let me get a picture of my nests
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    Bad moms!

    Ok will the chicks just stay in the nesting box? Thats a picture of my coop . I can close the door to the run and keep the broody hens and the babies in the coop. I would have to put a waterer and food in there. The rooster and the non broody hen can sleep in the run awhile. There is a bar up...
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    Bad moms!

    Ok should i just lock the two broody hens in the coop and put the babies backnunder them. Do i need a heat lamp in case they wander off. Whats the best way to give them access to food and water. The nesting box is 2 feet off the floor of the coop im afraid the chicks will jump out and the momma...
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    Bad moms!

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    Bad moms!

    I have two hens sitting on two clutches in two boxes. New pippers! Do I put them in a brooder. How do I make sure they have access to water and fiod. Do I lock them in the coop? So many questions
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    Bad moms!

    This is my very first hatch. Ive been checking every day to see how my cochin was doing with her eggs. Yesterday I picked her up and all the eggs looked ok, but I swore I heard little peeps. I thought maybe it was a song bird. Anyway I go in today and I find a broken shell under her but no baby...
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    Found a secret stash. Is this normal?

    Thanks. Someone said they may be grouse eggs, the description sounds spot on. 8 to 12 eggs in a small depression in undergrowth. I think the more logical answer is bantams though.both eggs look identical.i wish i had an in ubator to put them in
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    My silkie did the squat!!

    Mine took about 10 months to lay. But they were fall chicks so they started laying the next spring
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    Found a secret stash. Is this normal?

    I was weed eating an overgrown hill today on my property and as I cut back the brush I found a stash of 12 eggs! They look like my little bantam eggs. Is this normal? I have 2 broody hens sitting in the 2 nesting boxes. I only have 3 girls. Would the 3rd go out and make her own nest in the...
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    First time hatching with a hen

    Well I waited a few days and went out when they were sleeping and split them up. I just checked up on them tonight and both of them are still sitting on their eggs. Got my fingers crossed!
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    First time hatching with a hen

    Thanks, so should I let them free range or should I keep them in the coop (it has a run attached) i usually let my girls free range and lock them up at night. However yesterday I lost another one to a hawk. Thats the 2nd one in 4 months. My flock now consists of 2 little bantams and a mille...
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    First time hatching with a hen

    So I want my hens to sit and hatch their eggs. I didnt collect for a few days and now both of my hens are broody! They were just a fussin about me looking at their eggs. So 2 hens were snuggled together on about 8 eggs. I have two bantams one is a duccle and one is a frizzle. Anyway, will they...
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