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    Introducing baby chicks to broody hens for adopting

    I had 2 hens that went broody so we decided to let them hatch their eggs. None of the embryos survived. We thought we would try buying a few baby chicks at Tractor supply and see if the hens would take them as their own but no such luck. They hate the babies. Is there some way to help the hens...
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    Marek's disease question

    I had a 3 month old chick develop what we think is Marek's disease. We have 22 more chicks that were potentially exposed. Is it possible for the chicks to be re-homed, having been exposed? If it's possible, what is the time period to wait? We hatched these chicks ourselves thinking maybe only...
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    3 male Barred Rock chicks. 4 weeks old on 11/28/16

    I have 3 male Barred Rock chicks available. They turned 4 weeks old today. I already have a rooster and can't keep them. I would prefer they go to a nice home where they will be treated fairly and NOT made into a meal. Located in East Texas.
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    Finding homes for chickens

    My husband got bit by the "chicken hatching bug." We incubated 22 eggs thinking we'd probably end up with only half that but we lost only 1! Now we have all of these chicks and we can't keep all of them. I can't stand the thought of giving these precious babies to just anybody. I didn't go...
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    Broken egg exposed outer membrane.

    Ok, so I had butter fingers and dropped one of my eggs 2 days before it was due to hatch. A large portion of the shell was broke off leaving the outer membrane exposed. Yesterday was it's hatch day but it still hasn't. I know the baby is still alive because I can see the membrane moving. Should...
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