hatching chicks in winter

  1. Empress Had Her Babies

    Empress Had Her Babies

    So back in November I noticed Empress--our most stunning Welsummer hen--was really broody. I tried several different times to break her out of it by changing her location, physically taking her off her nesting box and out to the run with the other chickens, nothing worked. Empress wanted to...
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    Will chicks be okay with Mama hen outdoors in the cold???

    Edit: we got some fertile eggs from a friend and slipped them under our broody. Hello all, My hen turned broody three weeks ago, so we decided to go ahead and let her sit on some fertile eggs. Tomorrow is day 21 and I am very excited about the possibility of some chicks hatching! Of course it...
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