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  1. HealthyMNmama

    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Thank you. You have all been so helpful. I have enjoyed hearing all your stories and seeing pictures. I don't get on here much, but when I do, I enjoy my time. Thanks! Now it's back to "normal" life...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    I just swapped out the fly-trap hanging in the coop, so everything in the coop smells off. :) I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I went outside. The hens decided for me. They were both outside with all three live chicks. Since they were out of the coop entirely, it was an easy decision to...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Oh no! How sad! I'm sorry for your loss. Nevermind. :( I'm so depressed. :( I took the boys out this morning to check on the chick. They were excited to see if it finished hatching since it hadn't before they went to bed. Midnight stood up and we found not one, but two chicks. Both dead. I...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    My camera battery died; I need to charge it tonight! The new one is a dark chick with a Black Giant mama. It would have been nearly impossible to get a picture, but I will try in the morning! The chick could be a mix of any of 8 breeds of hen along with 2 different roos. I hope your mama loves...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Thank you FarmerViola, for the advice. As I called my boys in for supper, I popped back into the coop and barricaded one mom into the nesting tote (she had gotten back in on her own) and kept the other mom and 3 chicks out. It worked! Peeking out from under mama's wing is a tiny ball of tired...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    She already had her once a day break. This is her second. I'll throw her in and block the exit. Thanks. Now I hear my human boys squabbling and supper is 3/4 cooked. Got to run. Thank you!
  7. HealthyMNmama

    Hatching with 2 broodies

    I haven't been on in a few days, but have a quick question. Midnight has been leaving the nest once a day to do her thing and teach one of the three chicks about life. The rest of the time she spends on the eggs and Kayla takes care of the chicks. (Co-Broodies on eggs of free-range farmyard...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    I love everyone's chick pictures! They're all so cute! There's something about a mama and her chicks... adorable! I love each picture. Even the naked neck chick is cute and I'm not fond of them. (For that reason, just to bug me, my boys really want some naked necks. lol) Thanks for the advice...
  9. HealthyMNmama

    Hatching with 2 broodies

    They have both gotten off the eggs together several times now. It used to be they would take turns, but in the last several days they've left the nest together. Do you think the moms have given up on the rest? Do you think they'll hatch after this? (I have never hatched an egg before, with or...
  10. HealthyMNmama

    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Thanks for the advice on the co-broodys and dead chicks. I'll candle the remainder of eggs tonight and find out what we're dealing with. Here are the cute 3 that made it along with their mamas. I need to do something about the featherless wing-tips. I thought they were getting plucked because we...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Thank you Farmer Viola! I did not know what I should be looking for. Of the four dead chicks I have not seen any yolk or veins outside of the abdomen. I do not always see egg shells, but when I do, they are dry and pink inside. Once the first broody gained her co-mama, the others stopped trying...
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    July Hatch-A-Long

    So sorry!
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Well, we're not sure what day we are on... The hens will randomly stay in a nesting box during the day so we didn't really notice at first. Also, the nesting box they chose was the most popular with all the hens. Yeah, I'm a bad chicken-mama. I'm mostly concerned that one of the hens has gone...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    We have 3 chicks so far! I'm concerned, though. Tell me if I should worry or not. (Total noobie to hatching.) 2 co-broody hens, 27 eggs to start (we had two Roos and 9 layers at the time.) 3 live chicks now (started on Tues) 2 bad eggs and 4 hatched, wet, dead chicks. Should I be concerned about...
  15. HealthyMNmama

    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Bobbie, your chicks are cute! How frequently can I peek at our new chicks and eggs without the mamas going all crazy on me or leaving the brood? At last peek there was a dark butt coming out of an egg, but mama wouldn't leave it uncovered for me to watch long. (Moms are a black giant and a...
  16. HealthyMNmama

    Chicks Didn't WorkOut

    Sad! Sorry your chicks died.
  17. HealthyMNmama

    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you, Bobbieschicks. I wasn't sure if co-broodies would be better or not for hatching chicks. I hope your package arrives to the PO in great shape!
  18. HealthyMNmama

    July Hatch-A-Long

    I tried to make some hens go broody in time for an Easter hatching. That didn't work. We had two hens go broody about 21 days ago and then another join as a co-brooder with one. The 'coons got to the hen and her eggs that were outside, under the coop. (I couldn't reach her.) We have 2 live...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    We have two co-broody hens. There are two tiny chicks under them this morning! Yay! (About 2-dozen eggs) I found one dead chick still half in the egg yesterday, so I'm on the lookout for homicidal behavior. I don't have time to go through all 2K+ pages of this thread... Is there an FAQ-spot on...
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