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Thank you BDutch for a lot of excellent information. And to RoosterML, we have had a lot of discussion whether to keep the hy-lines or not. They just seem to be eating and egg laying machines. We have had them since pullets but now they are imprisoned in a smaller run (8m2) while the mother...

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Just for the record in case anyone reads this in the future. Yesterday 5 chickens including the two new chicks were drinking from the same little water container and watching them, they seemed to be getting along well. Today, I let the bigger hy-lines into the yard with the chicks and mum...

thanks everyone again. It seems to be a happy family and flock. When I came home from work today, the chicks were very active and running around inside the smaller coup I put them in. Then, after a bit I took the mum and chicks out on to the backyard run (some sand, some grass etc) and then...

thanks everyone. I just moved her to the cage - which is plenty big enough and in the shade. I took her and the chicks to where their favorite dust bath place was. However, she didn't have a bath and went to under the trees and the chicks went under her. Her comb and wattle (I think it is...

Thank you ChickenCanoe for you reply. There is one unhatched egg that mum doesn't seem to want to leave. It's now been about 18 hours now since the first two hatched. Do you think I should remove the unhatched one? Also, it is now morning and we will be able to get some starter feed soon...

thanks so much. I was hoping broody mum will look after them, at least a bit. Someone told me they will stay under the mother for 24 hours. Mum seems thirsty and hungry but not moving so I am trying an eye dropper thing to get some water to mum and babies if they want it. The egg room is...

Hi, We had some chicks hatch today. I thought they'd look after themselves but I now realize that's not the case. I can't get any chick crumble for at least 12 hours (its been 6 already) and I dont have them in a special room with a special water feeder. I put fertilized eggs under a...