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    Hen raising chicks

    But one of the mommas is pecking too
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    Hen raising chicks

    So I had 2 hens hatch out chicks and 1 still sitting. The other hens "steal" the nest of the still sitting one causing the mother to be to peck at the chicks. Also one of my mothers is pecking at the other mother chicks. Is this a normal behavior? I have lost 4 chicks now and I have 1 injured...
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    Awesome! That's what I thought but just wanted to check to make sure! Thank you all for your help!!
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    ok. Thank you!! with the mommas around and it being summer do I need to put a light or anything in the coop with the chicks and moms?
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    I have 2 other mothers hens that are behind her in their hatching. is it possible to introduce any that are past the 72 hr that hatch to the other mothers?
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    ok awesome! Thank you so much! This is momma Echo with her new babies! We hatched Echo in an incubator last year!
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    I also checked all the eggs I brought up and 2 out of the 6 did not have any movement or any change in them at all. The other 4 had hair pockets and what seemed to be movement from them! mom has 3 chicks with her right now.
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    her first chicks hatched yesterday mid-morning i would say. She sat on 9, and I think its very possible that they eggs were not all on the same timeline. I went ahead and pulled them and one has already pipped now since i pulled them 10 minutes ago, which brought along another questions. how...
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    If she only sitting on them occasionally but not all the time, would you go ahead and pull the eggs to the incubator? I see her off the eggs more than on the eggs.
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    How will I know they are still viable? movement?
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    Brooding hens left eggs

    So I have 3 brooding hens that we are letting them sit on some eggs. We have 1 due yesterday and she had 3 eggs hatch so far. But today she isn't sitting on the eggs because the chicks are wanting to be up and about. If I were to take those eggs she isn't sitting on and put them in the...
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    Started raising layer hens

    Yes, even with so many we have gotten attached to all of them and their unique personalities!
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    Started raising layer hens

    My guess is buff orpingtons and sadly one of them died recently so now we only have 1 but our mix hens that we hatched out, some are big and fluffy like the buffs are :) but with different colors! We really love the colors of our mix breed birds!
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    Started raising layer hens

    We have Rhode Island Red, buffs, and then some mix birds that we hatched out ourselves. As well as a few Easter eggers :)
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    Round worms

    I think I answered my own question with some looking lol. I think the liquid was more of a vitamin booster where the powder was the actual wormer medicine :D thank you all for your answers and help! We will try the rooster booster and hopefully that will stop our chickens from dying!
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    Round worms

    I was looking at a local store website and they have a liquid and a powder available what would you recommend would be better?
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    Round worms

    Thank you! And would you suggest I give this to my chickens multiple time a year?
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    Started raising layer hens

    Thank you!
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    Round worms

    Thank you I will check that out! Also do you know how aggressive worms is to the chickens?
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    Round worms

    We have about 50 hens and over the past few weeks we have had a hen die randomly. We chalked it up to change in temperatures and maybe weak chicken but today I found one dead again :( and this time I noticed white/clear round worms at her butt. So now I am thinking that we have worms in our...
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