Early Chicks

[bmldeal]

Aloha all, I'm looking for some needed advice here please. I've been raising chickens for 3 yrs now and have had much success on letting the mommas take care of their new ones. But now I have a momma that likes to peck the eggs open. The chick is way early by I'm guessing a week or two. They are alive but she gets them out of the shell and then pushes the baby off to the side to die. So far she's killed 7. There is still 15 eggs under her and she does have one rambunctious chick. My question is: Is there something I can do to give these little ones a chance to live? I don't have an incubator but do have heat lamps. I will welcome any and all suggestions. Mahalo (thank you)

 

[chicmom]

Do you have another broody hen that you could put the eggs under? I don't see what you could do unless you had an incubator......That's so sad. Bad mama hen!

 

[bmldeal]

Thank you for the reply. Yes she is a bad mama! I do have one more but she has a chick of her own now also. I will try and move all the eggs under her to see if she will sit on them. Thanks again for the advice.

 

[Jessorr2]

I would definitely invest in a incubator!!!
That's such an unfortunate situation

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

Buy, beg, borrow, steal, or make your own incubator - otherwise you are likely to loose them all.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-chicken-egg-incubator-designs-pictures

Good luck

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

x2 you need to get them in a bator right away to save them if you don't have another broody hen. If she won't raise them then you'll need to set up a brooder too.

Here's some links on this.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-and-raising-chicks
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...ks-the-first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-incubate-hatch-eggs-just-21-days-from-egg-to-chicken

Good luck and welcome!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

So sorry about your bad broody. Not all hens make good momma's. Hopefully the other hen you have will take care of them, but usually when they have chicks, they don't incubate much after the chick or chicks are hatched. If not, an incubator is your only answer for the future.

Good luck and I hope you get some of these eggs to hatch with a different momma!

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! Sorry to hear of your troubles, best of luck to you.

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you decided to join our flock. So sorry about the problems your having with your bad mother hen. Feel free to ask any more questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your chicks.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Sorry about the problems you are having with the bad broody, good luck saving the rest of the eggs.