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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    Hope and her brooder mates have graduated to free ranging today. They are all doing great and have made their way around the property, navigating their way back to their coop every now and again. Breathing a big sigh of relief like my job is done. Copping a few warning pecks as they pass the...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    So sorry everyone I didn’t see your messages the last couple of weeks! I’m new to this forum and was initially getting all the alerts in my email but stopped getting any so didn’t realise there were people waiting for updates! See above. Hope is awesome I’ll post a photo when I get home. 😊
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    Oh you can see in her eyes how sweet your Hope was. My hope is the same. All rescue animals just end up so extra special in my opinion, when given the love they need. I too have had all the weird and hopeless animals. One eyed dogs, a one eared rabbit, they always seem to find me. I can’t tell...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    Sorry I didn’t get any email alerts that you guys were wanting updates! Just posted below
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    Hi everyone! I was just thinking this morning that I should post an update. Hope is a little over 4 weeks old now and just perfect. She has grown to be the same size as the other chicks, she’s getting all her feathers in now and is a really cool colour. Her belly is almost pink with a light...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    I don’t know if I wrote in one of my earliest posts that I had never even had a brooder or heat lamp before and that morning we had just happened to set one up for the rejected chicks. If Hopes egg had broken on any other day I wouldn’t have been able to just scoop her up and put her straight...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    I’ve been wanting Silkies since we started keeping chickens so I’m excited to finally have some. If I had to guess I’d say one is a hen and one is a rooster. I know you aren’t supposed to be able to tell at this age but it’s just the vibe I’m getting. Only time will tell!
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    I’m not exactly sure, judging by her markings I think her father is our head rooster who is a Barnevelder. Her mum is likely one of our Isa browns looking at the egg colour. There are four other chicks to another mother hen who all look the same as each other and I’d say are all this same mix...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    A picture of hope and her Silkie friend
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    Hope is still doing well, I didn’t worry about her at all yesterday. Woke up this morning to a pasty butt though so just cleaned that off and now am worried she could have gotten a chill. I only had her out for maybe two minutes but had to soak her bottom to get it off. I towel dried her off and...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    Hope slept in with the group last noght, I’ve taken the divider down now. She still stands off to the side a bit looking tired but she might just want to be under the heat lamp and also still obviously doesn’t have her strength completely which is understandable. Everyone seems accepting of her...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    have been sitting with her for a few hours now, started by pecking with my finger and clicking as suggested 😊 this worked and she ate off my finger, then she seemed really interested in the other chicks so I decided to lift her over and watch what happened. She’s been in there for half an hour...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    I’ve made it wet for her, hoping she’s just not hungry yet. She’s definitely keen on water so that is a start. She is about 57hours since hatching now so not quite 2.5 days so hoping she is still okay not having much food but will definitely keep working with her
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    The thermometer says under the heat lamp is right around 95, the other chicks slept just on the outskirts of it and Hope slept right under it so hoping this will be okay. She has room to move away if she wants to. The air temp here right now in the day is around 85 so hopefully by the time she a...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    That’s a good idea, she’s still not really goi nag for her food.. I’m not sure if she understands it’s there or not. She’s put her beak on it a few times when I’ve dropped the water over it. I just don’t know.
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    Here is a picture of their brooder setup with the divider.
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    So because she seemed sad last night to be alone I had my husband build a little divider for the brooder and we need up turning the light on, getting everyone up for an hour and moving her over. Everyone calmed down and was really calm and sweet, she finally relaxed and went to sleep, one of the...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    So an update for anyone following along, Hope is a different chicken the last two hours. She is super alert, eyes open, finding her balance, preening, I have been playing a game with her with the eye dropper of water where I hold it infront of her and let the water drop hang and as it falls she...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    Okay so she seemed to be up all night (need to get a ceramic lamp bulb today so it’s dark for her at night I’m guessing) so she I sleeping this morning but she was up for a bit, walking drunk but definitely standing and walking pretty well on her legs. Don’t think I’ll have problems there. I did...
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    Broody has broken egg open and chick inside is breathing

    So Hope is 25 hours old (since breaking free of her broken shell) it’s 1am here and I just went to check on her. I placed a teddy in there for her which she seems to have taken to, but she is like, sleeping standing up so she can have her head resting on it. To watch her it’s like she falls...
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