nconley11
In the Brooder
- Mar 6, 2017
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I posted a couple weeks ago about cracking an egg open and losing the chick. Now I finally have a successful chick attempting to hatch. there is a corn kernel size hole that the chick has made. I've never hatched chicks before. I have three Broody hens sitting in the nest boxs with the rest of the flock including one rooster. The nest boxes are about 5 feet off the ground. What do I do now that I have chicks hatching? I'm waiting on three more eggs from this batch. I just don't know how to feed the chick and I don't want it to fall out of the box and die. Do I pull the chicken and bring it inside, put it under a lamp or do I leave it with the mom? What do i about the height? Do I move mom and the one chick and leave the other eggs with one of the other broody's?