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oh wow! that is so sad and terrible that you are experiencing the same thing my eggs were under a broody cochin, I will never use her again either

yesterday I bought 2 Ameraucana chicks to keep my Viking chick company

the other egg hasn't hatched, and I suspect it won't the surviving chick is doing really well, BUT! it is going to be all alone! no other chicks, no momma will it be ok? should I buy some baby chicks, or can I raise it alone until I can integrate into the flock in a couple of month?

thanks still nothing from the last egg is it safe to candle it?

this has been amazing support and information! I have one that has survived and one egg left, the broody hen ate another one during the night I *fired* the broody hen and I have only one egg left, I have put it in a dish over a garden heating pad, and I have put a wet cloth in the dish...

thanks everyone for your help and suggestions! the surviving chick is doing really well there are 2 more eggs... I will take them from the broody hen asap!

this young broody cochin has never been social or friendly... I'm wondering if my presence around her, watching her hatch the eggs made her vicious to her newly hatched?

I have been watching the broody hen for the last few hours with another newly hatched baby chick... no incidence until the baby tried to get out from under her, she pecked at it really hard! then she did it again, and I moved it to a separate heated brooder pen. There are 3 more eggs under...

I have a young broody cochin sitting on 4 eggs that are hatching as I type this... last night the first one hatched, and the mother hen ate the shell. This morning I went to check on her and the new chick etc. and the chick was gone, there was some last bit of bloody tissue that the mother...