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    Newbie with question on hatching chicks with a broody hen.

    Thanks again! I prefer this 'natural' method. The eggs she's sitting on aren't anything but my flocks 'everyday' eggs. I really wasn't in the market for more chickens, but she was very insistent on sitting. So we thought why not let her this time and I thought it would be fun for my daughter...
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    Newbie with question on hatching chicks with a broody hen.

    Thank you!! That is exactly what I was wanting to know! I will check her out today and look at the nest and move the food back some too. Our coop is raised up off the ground and there is a ramp for the chickens, will the chicks be ok to get back into the coop if they get out? I greatly...
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    Newbie with question on hatching chicks with a broody hen.

    Hi there, I've been reading lots of posts about hatching eggs with a broody hen. My broody is on day #14 of sitting on 7 eggs. She hasn't moved much at all and I've recently placed the water and food much closer to her. She doesn't get off the nest hardly at all from what I've seen and I...
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