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I candled the eggs just now and I see life!

Thanks guys. I'm building a new coop soon and I'm going to have a little space only for mother hens and their chicks. I'll block off the place where she's nesting as soon as I hear peeping.

Ok thanks guys. When I start to hear peeping I'll block off the space where they're hatching with wood or something. I'm making a new coop soon and I'm going to have a small space only for chicks and their mothers kind of like a nursery.

Eleven days until I get some chicks. It's in a while but what should I do if I hear them chirping from inside of the eggs? I know that they are supposed to hatch themselves but the shell on my eggs are kind of hard so when I hear them should I help them hatch so that they don't die from...

Ok thanks for the info. I hope you get some more chicks tomorrow

What should I do with the chicks when they hatch? Today we just got our first winter rain here and I want the chicks to be warm enough when they hatch. I think I have about 3 weeks to go before they hatch but I want to be prepared for the winter.

Ok thanks for the info

I have roosters so the eggs are probably fertilized. I'm going to let her go and hatch them. But should I bring her some food and water?

I have this tiny hen named Fry and she's gotten so broody lately. About a week ago she started sitting on three eggs and she wouldn't let me collect them and started pecking my finger. She's usually so shy. Then somehow my neighbor got those eggs from her. Then, yesterday I found her sitting...