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    Hatching eggs vs grafting chicks to a broody hen?

    Thank you for your reply!! Another question that is only somewhat related -- I'd love to really give the chicks attention and handling to make them both friendlier and easier to handle for necessary care. Would sticking the chicks under a flighty hen predispose them to being flighty as well? She...
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    Hatching eggs vs grafting chicks to a broody hen?

    Hello! A hen of ours has gone broody during a rather serendipitous time for us to have more chickens. I've raised up some broilers from chick-hood, but otherwise got all my chickens as pullets in a group from an existing flock. I've been scratching my head trying to figure out what to do and...
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    Greetings from the corn belt!

    Yes he is! My dad told me he was getting aggressive but I didn't realize just how much. I've been trying any tactic I can read about but he's mostly just been getting sneakier. At one point I bent over to move the feeder and he ran away from all the hens milling about 8 feet outside into our...
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    Greetings from the corn belt!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My dad and I are the ones caring for our birds. We had a flock of broilers for a summer a few years back, but we started our new flock of laying hens this past June! They've come with many challenges but the rewards far outweigh...
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