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Hey has anyone tried this??? I have lost half of my clutch of eggs because of the heat, I was wondering about putting frozen water bottles in the small broody coop either near the nest or under it to keep it cooler in there. Just replacing with new each day.

Hey that is a good idea, my hen is pretty protective as well. I am just glad it does not hurt when they peck.

Here is a great site I found as a...

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if the theory is true I think this is a female 3 days old Male 3 days old female 3 days old I will post later on which are which.

Do any of ya'll know how to feather sex chicks? I have heard of it several times but just not sure what to look for. Supposedly female chicks develop end wing feathers quicker than boys. Or one said the end wing feathers are staggered in the female where the male wing feathers are straight& even.

oh poor little baby :( moving him would be something to try.

well I learned the hard way not to put cracked eggs back in the nest I had one that was developing well and didn't want to throw it away, well I didn't and it broke all over the nest and the other eggs.

Th at is SOOOO sad to hear.. Poor momma, I hope you get the incubator working.

I know I know!! Less than 24 hours & I can't wait!! I swear I heard a peep! I just keep going out there and checking on her, she is like " hey shut the darn door and stop stairing at me"

Well that is good to hear. I have not had to Brodie's at the same time but the last batch that patched one of the other chickens tried to pick on the chicks.

You have only 3 days left till they hatch? Might be a little risky to move her right now, if you do I would do it at night as well. I have messed with my broody's coup 2 times after she got settled in and both times it ticked her off and she abandoned the nest. If you wait just move her right...

dang it, my broody broke another egg. She broke one about 10 days ago but this one was 18 days old only 3 days to go!:barnie

that is probably a good idea to have them separate most mommas would probably try to kill the chicks of others just because law of the jungle. So the one that hatched was it pit in earlier than the others?

I take Ling Ling off of the nest once a day so she will go potty, and that is when I candle the eggs. I put them all in a calander with a towel under them to the darkets room which is our bathroom. We have one of those SUPER bright flash lights that you can see through your hand! Anyway...

I am super excited I have a Mother's day hatching this Sunday. I have 8 out of 12 eggs left under my hen Ling Ling. I have been candleing about every 3 or 4 day and have been watching the progess. I have 3 green / blue eggs that have slight movement and 2 brown eggs with slight movement...

Thank you!

Does anyone know the name of the children's story where there is a little hen who has a meat bone and nothing else but the other animals in the village each have one thing and when they put them all together they make soup to feed all?

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