raising chicks with flock

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    For those who let broody hens raise chicks with the flock…

    Background, a week ago, I slipped my broody girl two chicks. She’s a great mama, to my relief. We have a small, raised coop with a large, secure run. Six birds, including chicks. I kept them a little isolated for five days, but I’ve now allowed the others to come and go, and the chicks have been...
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    Raising baby chicks with existing flock experiment

    I'm testing something out. I've put a warmer/brooder outside in an upside down storage tote (27 gal). I cut an opening in the storage tote so that the chicks can go in and out as they please. There is a 5 week old easter egger chick/pullet and a 2 week old buff oprington chick/roo there. The...
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    Letting hen raise chicks with half of the flock

    Hello! We have ordered some eggs for our broody hen to lay on, and she started laying on them yesterday! This is our first time to hopefully having chicks, so we are super excited! We have decided to let her of course lay on the eggs instead of using an incubator, and we want to let her raise...
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