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    Mother picking at hatched chicks

    Hi all. I have a broody silver laced Wyandotte. Over the last couple days two chicks have hatched. First occasion the Wyandotte threw the chick out and on the second one it had already started to pick up the chick when I got there. can anyone help me understand why? i have both chicks removed...
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    Reintroducing hatch-assisted chick to hen

    posted this in the hatching forum as well, because I didn't know where it was more appropriate: I am trying to be short. three chicks hatched; hen abandoned three further eggs. One egg was already cracked and in the process so we assisted it and had it in the house the last four days. it has...
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    Reintroducing hatch assisted chick to hen

    I am trying to be short. three chicks hatched; hen abandoned three further eggs. One egg was already cracked and in the process so we assisted it and had it in the house the last four days. it has made steady progress and now seems like a normal hatched chick albeit a week behind the other...
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    HELP!!!

    our broody hen successfully hatched three eggs. Three were still unhatched and the hen yesterday starting to abandon the eggs. My wife noticed a crack in one. She moved the egg into the house and wanted to helpful and removed some of the eggshell. Only after she did, she read about the up to 15...
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    My rooster and my poor hens

    Hi everyone. After losing our last rooster ( a black cochin and the biggest sweetheart rooster ever) defending his hens against a hawk we got ourselves a new one plus a couple of new chicks (all as chicks). The new one is now just over a year old. there are 8 hens with him in the coop. He seems...
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    New to hatching

    First timer here - We had chickens for the last 5 or 6 years. This is the first time I let a broody hen (Blue Cochin) sit on eggs. The Cochin is first time broody. A couple of things that I am unsure about: She gets up once or twice a day but when she comes back she has a tendency to go in the...
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