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    Funny photo contest

    This is "Ollie." She's a 2 yo buff orpington who went broody last year and again this year, so we got a couple day old barred rock chicks and stuffed them underneath her after dark. This picture was taken a couple days ago the first time they were roosting - they are now 7 weeks old. Auntie Andy...
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    Getting a broody turned mama back with the flock

    So my extraction went well and we set up a place for me to sit in the coop to oversee mom and chicks' outside time in the coop. Today she decided to take them outside, in and out of the coop a couple times before staying out, and everyone looks like they are having a great time. Mom is talking a...
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    Getting a broody turned mama back with the flock

    Agreed, aart, that the chicks aren't the target. I had read it was unusual for other hens to go after the chicks, but once in a while things happen. Their separate space is plenty large enough for mama and the two nuggets, but she really wants to get out of there sometimes so I just took that as...
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    Getting a broody turned mama back with the flock

    Ok. I should really only be down for a couple days, but I had read mama might stop mothering as soon as 3-4 weeks, by which time the flock would have already accepted them if they had already been mingling. I had expected the flock members to keep the new chicks in line when they meet them, but...
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    Getting a broody turned mama back with the flock

    We have a small flock, 6 hens, and one of the buff orpingtons went broody both last year and this year. This year we decided to get some chicks to put under her and she accepted them right away and 8 days later they are all doing great. The chicks are about 1.5 weeks old. They are in a sectioned...
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    Opinion on nesting boxes

    This morning I did catch Luttrell at the right time: hopping back up to her roost and making a racket. So I grabbed her and put her in the bigger nesting box (now with no fake eggs in it). She scratched around and made herself at home right away, an hour later we had a cute little egg in a...
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    Opinion on nesting boxes

    Thanks, aart, but we tried the empty nest, too, and the curtains have been up only 2-3 days. Our boxes are weird, kind of a box in a bigger box. I did take the inner box out of one because I thought they might be too small for the brahmas and she can get in there easily enough, which she did...
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    Opinion on nesting boxes

    So you just ended up catching them at the right time to put them in a box, Renee? I only have one laying right now (just started 2 weeks ago) and she keeps laying from the roost. This happens ar various times throughout the day, not just before she gets up and moving. For 6 birds, we have 2...
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    New chicks are not doing well

    Sorry for the huge delay here - I couldn't log in with my other browser anymore apparently. Thanks for all that information, Karen! Our local store is just a feed store in back of a gas station, so I was impressed they even had the electrolytes. They did, so that's what I gave them Wednesday...
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    New chicks are not doing well

    Thanks, Brenda48. The RIR came in the mail, so I just chalked that up to fate. The orpington was running around with the others in her first home, endured a 12 minute car ride with me, and looked just like the RIR when I put her in the brooder box. ??? Wobbly on the legs and face planting. This...
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    New chicks are not doing well

    Hi, everyone! I'm new here and am attempting to be a first time chicken owner as well. About 5 days ago we picked ip our first 4 chicks, 2 rhode island reds and 2 light brahmas. One of the reds looked bad right out of the box, perked up in the afternoon, and then dued later that night. A friend...
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