brooding chicks

  1. GreenAcres Homestead

    Brooding Hen & Chick

    We have two hens that are both brooding in our chicken coop right now. One has about 10 eggs under her and the other has about 6 and just saw today a baby chick. This is our first time letting our hens brood and hatch the eggs. We have been hatching in our incubator with our quail eggs. So this...
  2. Holdthechicken

    What are the risks for combining my chicks?

    I have two 3+ week old chicks together, a buff silke and D’uccle. Today I picked up a blue Orpington and blue silkie, the Orpington still has her egg tooth, so they are very new babies but very lively. When I brought the two blues home today I let the four socialize and the two bigger babies...
  3. ChickyCh00k

    Brooding my chicks in a TENT! 🐥

    I am absolutely loving this setup! I can get in the tent with them and they jump onto my lap, fall asleep on me, and are just less fearful of me in general. So far so good! 8 babies in an 8x8 tent in my spare bedroom. They started in an enclosed area within the tent (on paper towel that I was...
  4. D

    Letting my chicken hatch eggs

    Hello! My chicken is brooding right now so we wanted to let her give it a try for the first time to hatch the eggs. My question is do I have to move her away, or will they be safe in the box until they are born and then move them. We have 4 nesting boxes, she is in 1, the other chickens will lay...
  5. JDowey

    Chicks suddenly dying

    I have been incubating Cobb chickens, so far 4 have hatched. The hatching has been extremely erratic, with only 4 out 12 hatching so far. Over the course of the last few days, two of the chicks have suddenly died, they haven't seemed sick at all and the chicks haven't been huddling/acting cold...
  6. C

    Help! First time incubating eggs and a German incubator

    Hello I am the proud owner of two lovely serama hens. We have decided to expand our flock this season and with one of our hens determined to be a mother so we have about half of the eggs covered our other hen however is not very broody and I’m afraid she will leave the nest. To have a backup for...
    • Char93
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    • brooding chicks first time chicken owner hatching advice help help ! incubabtion incubaor incubate eggs from large to small
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  7. Sparky_Chicken

    Chicken hen brooding duck eggs

    First time attempt at hatching here! I’ve hadn’t yet considered incubating/hatching eggs then my blue Wyandotte went broody about 4 weeks ago. I let her sit on 4 of our magpie duck eggs since we have male and female ducks. She’s been so dedicated and such a good broody hen so far. I’ve...
    • Sparky_Chicken
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    • broodies brooding chicks brooding ducklings chicken hatching duck eggs duck egg hatching a duckling natural hatch natural hatching
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  8. K

    Goslings and Chicks in Same Brooder?

    I have my 7 chicks and 2 goslings in one large brooder. They are all 4 weeks old, and the biggest issue I've had so far has been the goslings nipping at the chicks tail feathers. The chicks can roost up above the goslings if they want to, and do at night, but when they get nipped they usually...
  9. BReeder!

    Brooder size?

    In the past we have used a DIY built 4'x2'x1.5' brooder or a large Rubbermaid trough. The DIY brooder is pretty beat up after being left outside in the garden over winter. Oops! :oops: The Rubbermaid trough is still an option, but it's primarily my quail brooder and I'm hoping to start hatching...
    • BReeder!
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    • baby turkeys brooder brooder coop brooding brooding chicks brooding turkeys chicks turkey babies turkey chicks
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  10. CLovesDucks

    Stinky brooder? Not anymore

    Guys! I have to tell you about my purchase. I have 7 ducklings in the brooder. Ducks are messy, I know... I clean their brooder at least two times a day. I bathe them as well. But, oh my god... the smell... it was still insane. So, I Googled the bejesus out of how to fix this. Pages into...
    • CLovesDucks
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    • brood box brooding chicks brooding ducklings ducklings raising baby chicks raising ducks smelly smelly birds smelly poop
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  11. Brooding Chicks: The First 6 Weeks

    Brooding Chicks: The First 6 Weeks

    Whether you've just hatched your own chicks in your incubator, an ordered batch of chicks from the hatchery has just arrived, or you brought home a box of fuzzy butts of joy from the feed store, if you don't have a broody in your coop to raise them you will need to brood and raise them yourself...
    • TwoCrows
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    • Comments: 26
    • Category: Hatching Eggs & Raising Chickens
  12. A

    My hen is brooding in the Garage - about 10’off the ground. Will the chicks float to the ground?

    My hen is brooding in a nest box that is up in a lumber rack. Should I worry the chicks will fall to the ground and die, or do I have some time to move the box after they hatch? It's very nice none of the other chickens are bothering her where she is now. She was the one being pecked.
  13. S

    Thai chickens

    Hi Iam a new Member!! Iam about to raise Three hundred Thai back yard chicks. I have made the coop And just need some information on brooding...Iam going to brood inside the Coop. My coop is 40 sq meters How much space and how many brooding lights will I req? Thanks for any help...
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