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mother hen rejected chick
If a mother hen rejects a baby chick (she was pecking at it) does it mean the chick is sick? I checked out in the chicken pen because one hen has been laying on eggs for the past three weeks. It's a good thing I did. I took the baby chick into the house (it was only one baby) and have it in a...- Marci
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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do all roosters have spurs
On May 16 as we were checking our 4 girls and 1 rooster, we noticed baby chicks so we took them into the house and have raised them since. We had 3 more chicks about a month later. The older ones are 3 months old now. Just this morning I noticed the biggest one picking on the ohter three...- Marci
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock