grafting chicks

  1. ourlittlecoop2022

    Broody Hen Won't Adopt Chicks

    Hi All! Our broody French Black Copper Marans hen, Rowena, has been sitting on stone eggs for ten days now and is super broody. She is a year old and has been broody about six times already. Since we don't have a rooster, we've had to break her, but this time we thought bit might be fun to let...
  2. W

    Help with grafting chicks to broody

    I don’t know if I’ve meddled too much, worked too fast or if the situation can be corrected but I need advice for grafting our Blue Wyandotte to accept feed store chicks. Last year she went solid broody for three weeks and I successfully gave her three feed store chicks. It wasn’t the easiest...
  3. A

    Very late egg - will mama hen accept it!

    Nine beautiful chicks hatched between yesterday and today. One egg left - but it’s very late. It looks like its on Day 15 when candled - but it’s the same age as the others (I’m pretty sure). It did get cold at one point. It was moving a lot when I checked it. Anyway. My plan is to keep it in my...
  4. Sara L

    Grafting Chick Question

    This morning my mom mentioned she didn't know how long the broody had been setting in the upper retaining wall area in the garden at their place. I head over there after work and hear a chick peeping in distress. The hen and an unknown number of chicks were still up in the upper retaining wall...
  5. clamccauley

    Hen adopted 2 day old chicks! Can they have to momma hens??

    My Welsummer adopted 5 chicks for us last year and did such an amazing job that I kicked myself for not doing it this way before! She went broody on me two weeks ago and I brought home some chicks last night. We snuck them in at night, tucking them under and they all (TEN) settled in for the...
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