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    Will Belle be a good mother??

    i have an almost 3 year old RIR x Australorp, she is broody for the 4th time in her life. We tried giving her day old chicks last time but she didn’t accept them and we raised them inside. I am considering getting some semi fertile eggs for her if mum lets me. Might hatch a chick or 2. Do you...
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    Rats stealing chicks?

    I have a broody hen (and, unlike most people, I am doing the happy dance) and, I want to put fertile eggs under her... We have a large colony of rats (also blue tongues and mice) living in our backyard. If Belle and the eggs/chicks are locked in guinea pig hutch inside the coop with bars that...
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