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Just an update,, new mama and babies are doing great. They are so cute to watch,, Unfortunately I had to cull a newly hatched chick, I did lot's of research on here and discovered that it spent too long in it's shell and somehow the head hand grown/infused or something with it down, like how...

One of the hatched chicks in my incubator has sticky egg shell on her, I picked it off, looks like all dry and hard, it had zipped last night but had a hard time getting out of the shell with everything all dry inside it, her head is stuck in a down position like how she was in the shell. I...

So sorry to hear that, hope he makes it through and gets better.

Sorry I have no idea Chickadee55, I'm sure someone will pop in and help ya out though. Thanku OHLD,, I will keep my eye out for the others. My showgirl that is on the eggs is the sweetest hen I have, she lets me hold her anytime I want, she loves to be hand fed worms, crickets,, lol. When I...

Thanks hhgarris, I just might have to try that. OHLD, I see all the other hens walking around the cage the mama is in with her babies. I have 5 BR, 1 leghorn, 1 wyandotte, 3 seabrights, those are the hens, 1 seabright is broody and has been on some eggs for 3 days now, I'm gonna let her go...

Thank you so much Oldhen!!!! Ok, that sounded bad, lol,,, Thank u so much Oldhenlikesdogs, lol

I had to go back to the beginning of this thread to re read how long to keep her and the chicks locked up. I'm so anxious for her to get her butt up off them so I can see them, lol. I need more patience,,,,, ugh the waiting

I put a chair in the coop and am excited to just watch them take turns coming out,,,

Not sure if you can see them, but 3 or 4 popped out. Proud mama!

Thank you so much!

Yeah, still new to all this. They all look healthy and strong, looks like she only has 1 more egg under her from what I can tell, it has pipped though. My new mom showgirl has a lot of silk feathers under her even though her chest is bare. I mean, downy like soft feathers,,

Baby chick is stuck to feathers under new mom, and also half an egg shell is stuck on her under feathers, should I use scissors and cut them loose or leave them alone and let new mom figure it out? Edited to add, just went out there and cut them loose, also found 1 dead chick stuck to her butt :(

Went to take a peek this morning, new mom is still sitting on em, 3 chicks popped out and look so adorable, mom is raising up and picking or something at an empty shell, I should have grabbed it but I was just watching her through the closed door for a few minutes. This is my first time...

Ahh, thank u so much,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Sorry for blurry pics, so this is my Precious Showgirl,,, currently laying on 6 newly hatched babies without egg shells and 5 Pipped/Zipping eggs,, I have food and water for her,, what else do I need to do for her? She is on the floor in the chicken coop in a large dog crate,,,,, Today is Day...

Ok, will do, thankyou!

I opened up the door to the crate she is in to see if she wanted out,, she came a few minutes later and I actually ran outside to her pen inside the coop to take a look, another hen was just fixing to sit on the showgirls eggs, anyhow, I looked, none have hatched, I put each up to my ear, heard...

Ok, thank u so much

Congrats on the new ones! I woke up to some peeping chicks in my brooder, 6 so far have hatched. I too was wondering about what I should be doing with my Broody hen at this stage. Today is day 20 of my incubator eggs and day 18 of my broody hen's eggs. I have her inside a very large plastic...

The ones in the bator are on day 16 today, think that might be too soon for the bantam that just started sitting today?