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A Duck & Chicken Hatched 1 set of Eggs. HELP!
So I had my duck sit on Call Eggs and in the last week a broody hen joined the fun and started sitting. Today they hatched out and the ducklings are half under the hen and half under the duck. The duck is protective of both lots, as they are spending time under both of them. I am planning on... -
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No heat lamp but Mother hen as heat source for chicks?!
So my mum decided to raise chicks and two hatched under a mother hen from a flock of chickens that we have to look after for my cousins as they’ve gone on holiday. Two eggs hatched under the mother hen and my mum got 2 extra chicks from the garden centre. We do not have a source of heat for the...- Chickenlove62
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When Should I Put Them Out?
We bought three fertilized eggs for a hen to sit on and two hatched on June 15 and 16. So they are almost two months old, and I am wondering when I should put them out with the rest of the flock. Currently we have the two chicks and the mama in an extra coop we have for introducing the new...- Chicken Whisperers
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