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She has lost her place but they aren't picking on her as if she is new...she was top hen before and was nasty to the others. She is about 3rd hen now ( bottom of her age group but above the new layers). You are right though...she has nothing to do with any of the others now...it is as if they...

Will hens accept chicks if she is sitting on an empty nest? How do most of the other chickens handle the chicks? I have 9 hens and one roo in the coop(including the broody hen). I don't want to take her out of the coop due to having to re-introduce them back in...such a headache! She hasn't lost...

My red sexlink hen has been sitting on the nest almost none stopped since the first part of June. I have moved her..taking her off the nest constantly. She is determined to sit. Will she finally give it up or will she set forever??

I have a broody that is sitting tight and has been for two weeks now. She is a Nankin mix. I need to move her to a safer next ( it is off the ground about 3 feet). My questions are: 1) do bantams chicks hatch earlier than 21 days? I want to make sure that I move them before hatch but close...

I think the toaster oven would be too hot. Hope you find something that will help.

Can you take a light bulb out of another room or lamp?

Congrats to all!! I have 8 fuzzies out of 15 eggs. All 15 were alive going into lockdown...8 hatched..1 dead after pipping...6 died sometime between day 18 and today. All were fully developed..and some had completely absorbed the yolk. Not sure what happened but very happy with the 8 that hatched.

I have one chick out and 2 pips...None of the green ones yet still waiting for the rest.

Time for lockdown!!!! Good luck to everyone!!

No offense taken.. Sorry that you had a bad experience with that method. I was warned to make sure that there was enough baking soda/ vinegar was used to cause lots of fizz. I tried it before place the chick in the air tight container. It took maybe 10 seconds.. It still wasn't easy. I cried so...

I hope that your chick lives without any pain. If it isn't able to and you decide to cull, then you could use baking soda and vinegar. There is a thread on here about how to do it.. it is quick & painless. I had to put down a chick out of my first hatch...It went quickly but I cried forever, it...

You could do a float test on the egg to see if there is any movement now...if not you could crack it open to see if the chick had deformities. I do not know what the the spots are..never had that happen before.

I didn't know about this thread... I set 15 of my eggs on Friday, the 24th at 5:00 pm. I will probably have some hatch on the 17th! So, I'm in!!

I just don't want him to think I didn't do something right if none hatch.

I have a friend who wants me to hatch 6 eggs for him. I asked him how he has been storing them. He told me that he has been turning them end over end. ( pointy end up..then pointy end down) Will they hatch?

Anyone else wanna play? Step right & make your guesses!!

So sorry for your loss!!

Here are my guesses... Chick #1 Peanut~ not sure... maybe, Roo Chick #2 Humpty~ ROO Chick #3 Cleo~ I hope a pullet Chick #4 Hershey~ not sure but I guess Roo Chick #5 Cinco~ Pullet Chick #6 Seven~ Pullet Chick #7 Ten~ ROO Chick #8 Annie Bell~ Pullet? BR #1 Lil Boy~ Roo BR #2 Bigg'en~ Roo BR...

I have 8 barnyard mixes and 3 Barred Rock chicks that are 3 weeks old. They hatched out Jan.21st-24th, 2012. Please post your guesses as to their gender. Thanks Chick #1 Peanut Chick #2 Humpty Chick #3 Cleo Chick #4 Hershey Chick #5 Cinco Chick#6 Seven Chick # 7 Ten...