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I had a broody hen and allowed her to sit on 8 eggs. Only two hatched and right now they are just over two weeks old. At the same time, I hatched 7 eggs in the incubator so these chicks are all the same age. Right now, I have 7 chicks in our brooder in the home and the two with mom hen are in...

Hello friends, I have a hen sitting on 8 eggs. We tried to break her of being broody but she really wanted to be a mom so we decided to go with it - have her set up in her own space, etc. She is one of our older girls and when we found her sitting on eggs, there were 16 of them! So we took 8...

First hatch, using a Kindsuro Max 20. We are on day 20 here and we can't get the humidity to go higher than 65%. After all of the reading on this site and other places, we were really aiming for 70. Will the 65% be enough for them? I realize that if we have success with just one chick, it will...

I've read through many threads here and read multiple articles elsewhere and even tried youtube, and can't find the answer so I must reach out in hopes of some guidance. I am incubating 14 eggs and using one that automatically turns the eggs. Prior to putting them in, I read the directions and...

Hello, I'm just learning about this wonderful website and joined just a couple of days ago. As I was scouting out the forums, I was reading about a poor hen that was attacked by a hawk. Well, someone had mentioned a medicine to give them orally. For the life of me, I can't find that item listed...

Hello everyone! My family lives in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains and about a year ago we decided to jump into the world of homesteading. It's a significant learning curve, but we are having a great time learning everything. Whenever I would have a question, this website would often come up...