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My broody Silkie hatched out a guinea keet for me, but since I miscalculated, she was still in the main coop with the big birds. They pecked at the baby keet and broke its leg in several places. She is now inside recovering. I had two 4 day old Silkie babies I bought at Chickenstock so I...

If I have a hen hatch some eggs for me, and then I hatch some in the bator, how late is too late to give the chicks to her? the hatches may be off by a couple days.. I will have a brooder ready just in case but Id like her to raise them to give them more natural immunities if possible.

This is Momma and 4 of her 6 babies LOL she is only a tinyyy bit bigger than her BO mix babies now at 6.5 weeks old. They are sleeping under her in their doghouse, well sorta under her anyway. I was just going to sell the babies but I think I will try to sell all of them as a lot, she loves them...

What breed is this adorable boy?

I took away my sorta broody Seramas mate.. 15 minutes later, she is on the nest, puffed up and screaming at my every move I will have to do some moving around of birds to make it so her mate can have his own place and so can she. Also, my Muscovy duck stole my other ducks eggs today, so Im...

. They refuse to sleep on the roost at night. I've tried everything but if I block the nest box, they sleep on the cold ground. If she decides to sit I'll probably only give her a few eggs.

I have a Serama who I think is going broody but wont sit through the day. She is in a pen with only her mate, could he be riling her up so she gets up and leaves the nest instead of staying to sit all day? Reasons I think shes broody: At night when I check on her, she gets all puffed up and...

Hopefully going to pick up a broody hen today! What is you guys success rate on getting a hen while broody and her staying broody? Supposedly shes been broody for a couple months now so maybe she wont quit

Thank you all for answering my question so quickly. Just one more. At 7 weeks old, I'd like to take half the chicks to Chickenstock. Would that be okay? Or would that be too early and they would still need heat ?

Question... Im sure it has been answered before but this is a very extensive thread. On average, when do broodies usually kick their kids out? Specifically during summer/fall.. Trying to figure out a timeframe for when Ill need to move everyone around. Thanks, Lenore

The babies were trying to do later on in their feed dish but my phone battery died right then, of course! Oh and Ive been trying and trying to get that elusive pic of a chick on Mommas back but she always shakes them off right when I take it. Its like she knows and is plotting these things...

These are my babies with their Momma on their first day outside in the tractor (:

I have a tiny tiny OEG hen and my RIR roo is easily three times her size and 4 or 5 times her weight. They mate just fine, Ive never had a problem with them being together.

They are cooped at night but the problem is that its just me and my mom. If I want to move the pen, I either have to beg my mom to help me move it before she goes to work at 7 am.. OR I wait until my boyfriend can come help me move it one afternoon. And since I have asked my mom repeatedly if...

They are in a pen because I'm scared she will take the babies and run to the woods with them. I guess Ill just continue to do what Im doing, the babies always seem to have full crops when I glance in during the day. Since she is in a relatively small pen, I HAVE to be able to catch her and her...

I have several questions... 1 my broody is originally from a neighbors flock. They were not fed chicken food, they were fed scratch and scraps. So now my chickie Momma is teaching her children to ignore the crumbles. Im forced to feed them cracked corn, BOSS, and mealworms (thats the only other...

What I meant was that they would stay with momma till they are old enough not to need her, ie, she kicks them out. Then they will go into the coop with the other big kids. Momma will stay in the tractor.

I have this in emergency section too but I figured I would ask here too just in case... My broody had 12 eggs to start with. Three got eaten and one disappeared, leaving her with eight. Well when the others hatched, I moved her out to the tractor where she will live with them untill they are...

I have 7 little fuzzy butts! Momma is already teaching them how to scratch and use their water dish. 4 mutts (came from a layer pen with a Buff Orp roo and several breeds of hens) and three Silkies with amazing! foot feathering. What layer could be mixed with a buff orp to get a dark skinned...

Day 21 and at least three, possibly four babies are out!!! I was worried for nothing. Theyre so cute but I know not to aggravate her so I will wait til she lets them come out before I take pics. I cant wait to see them