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    Anyone experience this?

    I had a broody hatch out one baby she seemed ok with it until last week. She decided that she didn't want to keep the baby at night any more. She tolerates her during the day. She went up to rooster and left baby. The baby just turned 3 weeks today. I have another broody sitting on eggs right...
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    One chick!

    Will it be a problem to only have one chick with a mama hen? She had 7 eggs and but only one made it to hatch. Will that baby be okay? Mama kind of looks sad she wasn't happy that I took the other eggs from her (they were clear).
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    I put myself in a pickle and need advice.......

    I am all about broody hens......... I love to watch them with there babies...... I started out with 15 chickens at the end of Dec........As of Now I have 49 and some are still hatching as I type....... Well today my BR has been sitting all day and she is in the nest right now.... This will be...
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    Broody again???????

    Mama just hatched out babies 8 weeks ago...... she has been laying eggs for about 3 weeks...... Around 7:30 this evening she went in the coop and went in the nest box...... She had laid her egg earlier today...........Is it too soon?.......... She was an awesome mom....... Should I wait to...
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    I'm dreading Monday!

    My broody (Lily) babies are suppose to hatch on Monday and I have to take them from her.... her sister (Lady) that was broody deciced that she didn't want to be broody anymore so I had to put them under Lily so now she has a staggered hatch.....The other eggs aren't due until the following...
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    Friend or Foe?

    I have a hen that has all the symptoms of being broody but wont sit for too long.... When she leaves the nest she does the call, she has plucked out her feathers, she is all puffed up when the others get too close...... I have had to put her eggs under another broody but they are a week...
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    Now What do I do?........Broody hen left her nest.....

    She has been acting broody for a few days. Yesterday I decided to give her eggs.... She stayed on them all day and night then this morning she got off the nest so I figured she was just going to do her thing and get back on. One of my other girls sat on the eggs for a bit so I thought they were...
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    Curious on how this happend......... Pictures

    Here is Daddy Buff Orp Here is the mama and the 4 gray ones are Grace's. She is an EE (mom) and Lance's (Dad) Babies they are 3 weeks old tomorrow. The one with light face is a boy I assume because his brother (light gray one) looked the same when he was his age. And so I assume the girls are...
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    Wow really!

    I have another broody hen. She was my 1st broody hen. She just hatched out babies Dec 29, 2011. Her babies are 13 weeks old tomorrow. Yesterday she decided that she wants to be a mama again. Is that nomal for her to go broody so soon?
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    Need advice on her feet please.

    I was away for a few day and when I came home her feet were like this. My husband watched the babies and he noticed it on Sunday... I soaked her feet in salt water and put antibotics on them and she is in my bathtub now. They free range. The black spot is from dirt. I have also put peroxide...
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    Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question.

    I have had 3 broody hens that have hatched out chicks. I thought the ratio was 60/40 for boys vs. girls. My 1st one hatched out 2 boys and 6 girls, my 2nd one hatched out 3 boys and 5 girls and it looks like my 3rd one has hatched out 2 boys and 8 girls. I am interested if anyone else has had...
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    Isn't he too young?

    I have a 12 week old Rooster that is trying to mount my hens. He is a BO/RIR mix. I don't remember my BO rooster starting that soon. Could he really be ready to do that? This is that same one that would get on his mama's back and grab her head like he was going to do something, but he was only a...
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    Chick integration with broody and her chicks

    I bought 2 week old chicks today and put them in with my broody hen with her 2 week old chicks. Mama seems to be okay with them. I let her look at them and forage with them right before bed and she seemed okay with most of them except the speckled sussex chick. The others were brahama, and...
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    Why?!?

    My rooster and one of my hens were fighting each other this afternoon. Why were they fighting? Belle (hen) was really nasty with him then she went to my broody Mama with 2 week old chicks and fought her too, Lance (rooster) came over to break it up and then Belle turned around and started...
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    Rooster didn't leave coop today!

    My rooster and one of my hens didn't leave coop today. Everyone else was out and about (except my broody with week old babies and my other broody on eggs). It was raining and cold out. At the moment he is the only adult rooster I have.
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    How many?

    I have a EE that is broody and I wanted to get your opinion on how many I should put under her. This is her 1st time being broody.
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    Woohoo! Babies are hatching!

    We have 2 babies that have hatched so far this morning. I saw another one that has the shell off but it is still in has the white (not sure what it is called) around it. Mama is doing a good job so far. My flock didn't want to leave the coop this morning. LOL I guess that they are excited about...
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    Broody on day 18..... Need advice pls.......

    She will be on day 18 tomorrow and was wondering if I should continue to take her off the nest to poop. She is in a dog crate in the coop and I have been taking her off the nest once a day so she can do her business. So I was wondering if I should take her off tomorrow because of lockdown...
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    Why are my hens at each other?

    I don't know why but my hens are pecking and fighting each other. My rooster went to stop the fighting and whatever they did he had blood on his comb, not a lot but enough for me to notice. Could it be the really cold weather we just received. They are free range so they have lots of room and...
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    Is this normal?

    I have a 5 week old rooster that is trying to mount his mama. He jumps on her back and grabs here head feathers like my alpha rooster does when he mounts the hens.
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