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Lots of great stories about all your chicks!! The second of my broody's didn't do as well as the first but she managed to hatch 7 chicks. It was her first batch, and the chicks didn't begin to hatch until day 24 and the last hatched on day 26. She then got off the nest and there were six more...

Quote: What a wonderful surprise each chick must be. Congrats! Lovely picture of the whole family. Thanks! now I have seen as many as 9 at once. I wish she would just get up and show us all of them! But It is fun to go out and check every so often. My wife & stepson are helping me keep a...

Well here is the best picture I could get so far. I have seen 7 chicks & one that didn't make it out. There were 16 eggs, so hopefully she's got more under her still. The rooster is the father of these ones.

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Here are some pics of my three broody's! First one due. Actually due tomorrow but has hatched at least one already. I found a shell outside her nest & heard peeping! Second one due in three days. Third one still has 2 weeks to go. Good luck every one!!

Quote: I have a still air and I leave them in other than to regulate temp up or down in small amounts. If I take one out usually my temp will drop about 1/2 a degree & raise if I put it back in. Leaving them in helps to keep the humidity in. And then when they start to hatch I usually pull...

I'm in too. Not using the incubator this time though. I've got 2 hens in action, or not so much action, more like sitting. The 1st is a BBR EOG named dottie. She is bred to my favorite rooster also BBR. She has 12 of her own eggs, and I snuck 4 grey Oeg eggs from a hen that I sold under her...