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    Mother picking at hatched chicks

    Thanks A lot. Yes, I will not have her set again. My black Cochin is a super mom, this one not so much. Can I just use regular antibiotic Creme that I alreadu have for all the rusty nails I walk into?
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    Mother picking at hatched chicks

    Hi all. I have a broody silver laced Wyandotte. Over the last couple days two chicks have hatched. First occasion the Wyandotte threw the chick out and on the second one it had already started to pick up the chick when I got there. can anyone help me understand why? i have both chicks removed...
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    Reintroducing hatch assisted chick to hen

    it is a black cochin that was broody, so maybe we are in luck. should I add a heat lamp just in case she rejects the chick?
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    Reintroducing hatch-assisted chick to hen

    posted this in the hatching forum as well, because I didn't know where it was more appropriate: I am trying to be short. three chicks hatched; hen abandoned three further eggs. One egg was already cracked and in the process so we assisted it and had it in the house the last four days. it has...
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    Reintroducing hatch assisted chick to hen

    I am trying to be short. three chicks hatched; hen abandoned three further eggs. One egg was already cracked and in the process so we assisted it and had it in the house the last four days. it has made steady progress and now seems like a normal hatched chick albeit a week behind the other...
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    HELP!!!

    thanks all. so it finished the job on its own. for the longest time I was tempted to help it out completely. After that little one just basically layed there for almost twelve hours. we are seeing some progress - it is standing up and seems to progress but is still very wobbly. We have fed...
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    HELP!!!

    our broody hen successfully hatched three eggs. Three were still unhatched and the hen yesterday starting to abandon the eggs. My wife noticed a crack in one. She moved the egg into the house and wanted to helpful and removed some of the eggshell. Only after she did, she read about the up to 15...
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    My rooster and my poor hens

    I like the saddle idea. he has eight hens. three of them look horrible right now. one the worst. one hen just hatched three chicks and another one still hatching four. so numbers will increase eventually but it seems these three are his favorites. or not smart enough to escape like the others.
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    My rooster and my poor hens

    Hi everyone. After losing our last rooster ( a black cochin and the biggest sweetheart rooster ever) defending his hens against a hawk we got ourselves a new one plus a couple of new chicks (all as chicks). The new one is now just over a year old. there are 8 hens with him in the coop. He seems...
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    New to hatching

    So I thought I post a little update. We ended up leaving the two broody hens to their own devices as they seem to be content which each other. Fast forward we have three little chicks, they are now five days old and seem to be doing fine. the hens still sharing responsibilities as there are...
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    New to hatching

    So a practical question because I have just no clue.. I have now two broody hens together in a fairly small nesting box. It’s been about a week now and I would love to check the eggs but I just don’t know when. There is always one hen in there...
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    New to hatching

    Thanks!! Will have read on about candling...
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    New to hatching

    First timer here - We had chickens for the last 5 or 6 years. This is the first time I let a broody hen (Blue Cochin) sit on eggs. The Cochin is first time broody. A couple of things that I am unsure about: She gets up once or twice a day but when she comes back she has a tendency to go in the...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    almost 3000 pages worth of posts. wow. First timer here - We had chickens for the last 5 or 6 years. This is the first time I let a broody hen (Blue Cochin) sit on eggs. The Cochin is first time broody. A couple of things that I am unsure about: She gets up once or twice a day but when she...
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