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I did have another egg hatch, and it's perfectly healthy, so I'm just keeping a super close eye on her clutch

I kept the egg warm, and the membrane moist, but the chick died in 3 hours. After pulling back the membrane, I noticed that part of the yolk had broken and not gotten absorbed. I did get the incubator ready if I have any issues with the rest of the egga

EMERGENCY: today is hatching day for my broody! I went out to check for any baby chicks, and found a chick trying to mover around.... in the membrane, the shell was almost completely gone, and there was still blood inside the membrane. Did the broody try to "help" the chick hatch? She's super...

Chick saver is an electrolyte mixture to boost the energy level and immune system. If I'm not mistaken, sulmet is a medicine for cocci, hard on the birds system, but works like a charm

My flock has mareks, and I lose birds to it every year. Mareks vaccine does not prevent them from catching the disease, it helps prevent the symptoms, and tumors from growing on the Organs. With that being said, a bird can still easily die from it, but if you do an autopsy, the tumors wouldn't...

Just put them in... for the best.

I have an incubator, but it's not warm enough for them to be put in :(

Sad day at my little homestead. My broody started failing in health, and I'm now starting to wonder if it's mareks baring it's ugly head again :( Is there any way to save the eggs??? She's been off them for a few hours now, and I know I probably can't save her, so I would at least like to save...

Day 5 of my broody sitting on eggs, and I already want to see the chicks! She's sitting on BCM, OE, Cherry eggers, and Belgian D'Uccles. So excited to see the babies ( especially the bantams)

Ok, I've already run into an issue, and I don't know what to do! I moved my broody into the broody pen last night, but this morning she had turned over the nest trying to get out, and was over all just making a ruckus. I let her out, and she VERY promptly went onto the nest that I had removed...

Beautiful! Um... will the... naked baby ever grow feathers???

Thanks for the advice! I'm giving her until sunday to really settle into being broody before I move her to the broody pen, and I'll be completely changing the eggs all at once so that they all hatch within that time period. I made the mistake of a prolonged hatching with the last broody, one...

My hen went broody today, and I'm separating her from the rest of the flock on Sunday! Super excited! Question though, has anyone ever had issues when a large hen hatches out bantam and large chicks?? I want more banties, but my hens never go broody, but I also need a few more layers. If I put...

lol, yeah, I love everything Tolkien!

Here's a family pic!

Here is a pic of my broody hen with her now two week old chicks!! They are so cute!

Here's a better pic of them

Oh wow. hahaha. No, she was just mean day and night She quit on the egg that didn't hatch, and it was definitely dead. Now she is happily picking around with her five very healthy chicks. I post more pics soon!

Here are a few ( bad ) pics of my Broody and her chicks. She's so mean, it's hard to get any good ones! It looks like she hatched five. One egg was a dud. and the other died while hatching. I'm wondering if it's because a few were early, and they trampled it while it was trying to hatch... I...

Eek! So happy! Just checked on my broody hen and she now has 4 chicks! ( It's been three days since the first one hatched) Two were still wet, but the others were fluffy and full of adorable-ness! As soon as they all dry, and start moving around, I'll post pics. She's such a good mama!