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After two weeks of hatching eggs, no one is inspired to sit anymore, so I put this together. If you see some error, please let me know. Eggs are probably near hatching, IF still viable. We had three hens that went broody, and successfully hatched nine of 15 over about a ten day period. Eggs...

So my Broody Bunch has now abandoned the nest. They were on 15 eggs, nine successfully hatched, over the span of seven days-last one hatched yesterday, first one last Monday. Five of the remaining eggs have the air bubble, but are now cold to the touch. Is there anything we can do, or do we...

We now have six chicks, with nine eggs still to hatch, yay Broody Bunch! We have three hens sharing 15 eggs, now nine eggs, six chicks. No one hen seems to particularly be in charge of anything, it's a group effort. When one gets up, the others cover the eggs, though no one seems concerned...

We had our first egg hatch today!! Three of the bantam hens (The Broody Bunch, as they've been nicknamed) are all sharing broody duty. There are still about 12 unhatched eggs in the nest. Do we remove the hatched chick? Kids are worried that the mamas are ignoring it, trying to hatch the...

Well, the neighbor dog annihilated our little flock, so we've had to replace them. People are asking crazy prices out here for anything feathered, and we lucked out finding some five week old barnyard mixes. I would love help figuring how many of these little guys we may be able to keep-we are...

We found this chicken about a week ago. (I have of course posted about finding her, and been watching lost ads, but no one has claimed her yet.) After doing a bit of research, I think she's an Australorp? She does have a green sheen to her feathers, not too noticeable in the pictures. Is...