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Once they get used to your home they are not quite as noisy, but it can get loud. We feel a bit bad for our neighbor since the guineas holler any time his dog's bark, but then I think his dogs drown out most of the noise. At least the guineas don't egg on the dogs the way my roosters in the...

Update; sick polish hen this morning. She is just standing around with her beak open, softly crawing and sneezing loudly every so often. She acts like breathing is a problem for her and is wheezing a bit. Please help before another one get's ill! I am calling the local ag this morning and also...

I have a Dominique hen that acted a bit weird yesterday morning. She put her head in a corner and wouldn't come out. I checked back on her after 2 hours and she was laying in the nest and seemed a bit ill. I had originally thought she was trying to lay an egg in privacy as she kept straining but...

I have 6 at the moment with about 30 hens. I had 8 more, but they spend so much time scrapping that I sent some away. At least my hens aren't bothered as much with more roosters in the group. When I only had one or two roos, the hens were always raw on their backs!

Thanks to all of you for your help and encouragement! The same broody just hatched another chick, and pecked at it and shoved untill it fell from the nest still wet! I put it in with the other chicks and am hoping for the best. BAD Broody!!! I'm sorry you lost one of your babies, computer...

I got them from Tractor Supply, a farm and feed store chain. I was told one was a silkie, and a number have feathers on their feet and tufts on their heads. My favorite are the ones that look like little chipmunks, but I can't pin down the breed. I think they came from McMurray Hatchery origianally.

Can anyone tell me what some of these chicks are? When one of my broodies shoved her new baby out into the cold, I got it some friends and am curious what they are.

Quote: My first broody hatched 4 chicks 5 weeks ago, and we have had a lot of bad, cold weather(below freezing) and she did great! She seemed to know how long they could be out from under her, and even now at 5 weeks they get up under her wings when it gets cold. It was great fun to watch them...

I guess that's true about the incubator. I only hatched 2 out of 14 in them this year. Couldn't get everything right I guess. I just get mad at having to watch her so closely. Boy can she set, though! I've carried and tipped her nest box trying to rearrange things and she won't budge!

Your new baby is so cute! Congrats!

My broody finally hatched an egg! I put 2 chicks from the incubator with her, but she kicked them out on day two. I hoped she would do better with her own, but she wouldn't let it under her and kept shoving it out of the nest! The poor thing was freezing and screaming for help, so I put it in a...

That is awfull about your broody! I'm so sorry. Out of thirteen hens, I only got three good broodies. On another note, I put my two chicks I hatched in the incubator under a broody last night, and they were under her and peeping this morning:weee I was so afraid she would kick them out or they...

Here is a link to my incubator chick that hatched this morning. I know this is a broody forum, but her eggs just aren't hatching! I guess she's going to get these. http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=5675&CID=254447

Well, my broody doesn't have any hatched, but I have one fully hatched and one pipped in the incubator! I'm giving them to a momma tomorrow.

That's great on your hatch! I thought mine were due today, but no sign yet. My other broody always had hers hatch durring the night, so maybe by morning!

Your pics are so cute! My boy's loved seeing you showing the kids. I don't let my kids in the coop since they are pretty small and the roo's keep attacking them. I candled in the middle of the night, and my chicks are still alive! Today or tommorow is hatch day:jumpy:fl:fl:fl

I candled sat. and have 7 chicks developing well! They are due March 14, so wish us luck!

I had a very bad hatch letting my broody stay in with the other hens. It was real hard to keep all the extra eggs out, and she ended up letting some well-developing chicks get pushed out. I lost 4 almost fully formed 'cause of that. I hope it works better for you, and I did still end up with 4...

I had a worm problem in my chickens, treated with DE and got healthy chickens and more eggs! Great for internal parasites, based on experience!

I know this post could go in some of the information areas of the forum, but with some of the recent questions, I thought it might help some others like me that don't have time to read everything. These are two links to Mother Earth News. The first is all articles on chickens, the second is coop...