Well from what I have read the black string that hangs from the babies is the umbilical cord. My pet chicken calls it that. They say do not pull it. And the mama did. Can you clip it?
Had a baby hatch under hen yesterday. Came home and looks like the hen pulled on the umbilical cord and killed her. I have 7 more eggs under her. How can I prevent this on the next ones that might hatch? :0(
They new chickens don't come anywhere close to us yet. I am hoping they will warm up to us also. As it stands no when they in the Coop Olive comes out and when they come out she goes in. And when they are playing in the yard when they come towards here she jumps in my husbands lap.
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We raised Olive & Henrietta from chicks. They are 12 weeks old. They never went anywhere with out the other. Monday we went inside for supper came out and Henrietta was gone and Olive was a franticly pacing in and out of the coop. Olive cried and paced looking for Henrietta.
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