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  1. Jtaranc

    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow vanished

    The area we put him in is probably about 15 acres away. He’d have to hike a good distance. Our farm from the day we moved in has had lots of black snakes. More than likely a different one will be back before he. We’re gonna work on the coop this weekend and try and screen the spaces between the...
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    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow vanished

    Yes. I was trying to be gentle with him because he did have a full belly. He jumped through the wall of the coop and I had to remove the back walls to get him. He was relocated to the back of our farm in a pretty creek we have. Plenty to eat back there. If I didn’t have a bunch of baby chicks...
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    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow vanished

    He He will definitely be moving 😂
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    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow vanished

    I went in there to try and introduce the baby chicks to mom. Omggggg look. And he’s sitting there with a full belly.
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    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow vanished

    The leghorn one was definitely fertile. I candeled them Saturday. And when I found the barred rock egg it had golden chick feathers stuck to it. Maybe 1 or 2 burst and they hens got over zealous and raided the nest and broke the others.
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    Are some breeds better mothers than others?

    I have had chickens for a few years now. Like many of us we started with a small coop and added onto it again and again to accommodate our growing flock. I’ve noticed something in the last few months. Originally we purchased Barred rocks, Orpington, bantam porcelain duccles, Rhode Island reds...
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    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow vanished

    When I cleaned everything out I found one barred rock egg that’s undisturbed. I gave that back to mom. I thought about predator also but there are baby chicks in the coop also, I would’ve thought a snake would’ve gone after the 4 day olds first. We have hardwire cloth dug under the ground so a...
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    Eggs due to hatch tomorrow vanished

    I have an Orpington sitting on 5 eggs that were due to hatch tomorrow. Sunday they were fine. Monday I did not check on them, I worked an overnight shift at the ER and came home this morning to check on mom and eggs and as soon as I opened the lay box door I smelled death. All 4 eggs are gone...
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    When is moms job done?

    Exactly 4 weeks ago my blue splash maran hatched 3 eggs. She has been a wonderful mom and this is my first experience letting hens hatch and raise their own chicks. She talked to them constantly, showed them where food and water is, protected them against the other hens. The last few days...
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    Whos laying these speckled eggs?

    I may incubate but I have no idea who they belong to. Sometimes they are heavily speckled, sometimes they're like this. Choices are barred rock, buff orpington, or rhode island red.
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    Has anyone had hens co parent chicks before?

    Ive had a few broody mamas that I let sit on eggs for the hell of it. The first mom, a BCM hatched 3 babies. Shes a wonderful mom. Those 3 are a week ahead of the next batch. Then my blue splash and porcelain d'uccle went broody. I let them have 2 eggs each, they all hatched within a day or 2...
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    In your flock, what is the average lifespan of your hens?

    Most of my flock was purchased 4 years ago and theyve started to die off. A few more have water belly too.
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    BCM scalped by something?

    Shes back to normal. I took staples out after 10 days. I cant even tell which bcm it was anymore.
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    Caught a hawk flying away with one of my pullets

    Thank you!
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    Caught a hawk flying away with one of my pullets

    How weird you just replied this. She is a mama now and wonder protector and teacher
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    Im so mad right now... possible Mareks

    Nevermind
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    Mareks in flock? Chicken is unsteady

    Its a farm so we do have mice but i dont use poison honestly i let the rat snakes take care of them. I dont use weed killer either cause i have livestock eating the grass. Im off tomorrow and will go through everything they have access to. I added BCMs a year ago. They are with the flock and...
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    Mareks in flock? Chicken is unsteady

    They all free range and scratch around in everything. We have a 10 acre horse farm but I am super careful about chemicals and pesticides, insecticides. It is possible they scratched around in moldy bedding or hay. It was a wet winter and its hot now. I fly spray the horses but i doubt they got...
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    Mareks in flock? Chicken is unsteady

    Ok last week I had a 4 year old bantam rooster just curl up in the lay box and die after being fine. I got home yesterday from work and my husband points to my 4 year old RIR hen on my porch and says "she hasnt moved all day" so of course i stand her up and she immediately falls over and uses...
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    How do you let moms raise babies?

    I have 3 BCM that are broody right now. I have marked some eggs and let them keep them, our set up is different though. Our lay boxes are in a big elevated part and its a steep ramp to climb. Im afraid once the babies hatch they will fall and get hurt. We have a flock of 26 hens and 2...
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