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    Mamma Hen rejecting some of her chicks...advice needed

    Thanks Peeps. I added 5 more day old chicks to the group and left her in the dark for 2 days. She started out accepting the two rejected chicks and then started pecking at them again. I decided to remover her from the brooder area and take care of them myself instead. For 2 days she stayed next...
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    Mamma Hen rejecting some of her chicks...advice needed

    Donrae, that was my thought also. It wasn't the best timing, but the chicks needed a new home and so I went for it. Next time I'll think twice. Centrarchid, I followed your advice. I did a bit of reading about imprinting and found it very interesting. The mama hen would call to the chicks...
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    Mamma Hen rejecting some of her chicks...advice needed

    She's been broody for about a week, She went broody about 3 weeks ago and I broke her of it and after about a week, I decided to put some chicks under her since we don't have any fertile eggs.
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    Mamma Hen rejecting some of her chicks...advice needed

    That's an idea, I could make the others darker. Any ideas why a broody hen rejects chicks?
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    Mamma Hen rejecting some of her chicks...advice needed

    I placed 4 chicks under Speckles, our mamma hen, yesterday and she accepted them and today she is aggressively pecking 2 of them away from her. She was an excellent mamma with her adopted chicks the 1st time around, so not sure what's up this time. The 2 she has rejected are the chicks my...
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    Neighbor filed a warrant against me after she saw me with a camera yesterday!

    So glad to hear that things are working out for you. One would think that neighbors would be happy to have such a beautiful setup next door. I know I certainly would.
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    Neighbor filed a warrant against me after she saw me with a camera yesterday!

    Just wondering how things are going? Any up dates for us?
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    Neighbor filed a warrant against me after she saw me with a camera yesterday!

    Wow, it's hard to believe that neighbors can be like that, I'm so sorry that you have to go through all of this. I would also suggest that you take pictures of the rocks where they landed and any damage that happened from each rock, That way it's not "just a plate of rocks", but a progressions...
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    Mama Hen taking chicks into coop with the big girls...is it safe?

    So good to hear that it worked out! I have another hen that has gone broody and I will be making a broody area in our coop for her, that way the babies will be around the big girls from the beginning.
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    venting questions

    That's sounds like something he'd be more willing to do...I appreciate the input!
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    venting questions

    Thanks Jetdog, I'll see if my DH is willing to do that. If not, do you think that a gable vent on the short side would work?
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    venting questions

    My DH and I started with 6 chicks and a ready made chicken coop, which can be seen within the fenced in area.. Then chicken math took a hold of me and now we have 15 girls. So we have been been converting about 7' of our 15 x 8' shed into a coop for them. We live in the Seattle area and I want...
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    Mama Hen taking chicks into coop with the big girls...is it safe?

    Thanks for the advice. I closed the little coop off yesterday morning and they have been with the big girls, they even slept on the roost with them last night. Loving raising baby chicks with a broody hen, so much easier.
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    Mama Hen taking chicks into coop with the big girls...is it safe?

    Our Ameraucana has been a great mama to 6 chicks which range in age from 7 to about 9 weeks old. They are in a smaller coop and run which is inside the bigger run. I have started letting them out into the big run and now mama is trying to take them into the big coop. Should I be concerned about...
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    5 wk old chick leg picked bare and swollen

    Thanks Chick Charmed, glad to know I'm on the right track.
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