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[abcr]

Thank you for the help but it turned for the worst and she couldn't even lift her head so my boyfriend put her out of her misery but it was for the best

 

[abcr]

 

[BantamLover21]

Thank you for the help but it turned for the worst and she couldn't even lift her head so my boyfriend put her out of her misery but it was for the best

I'm sorry for you loss, and that I couldn't help more.

 

[abcr]

It's ok the lady i bought them from said my rooster may have killed her so i rehomed him he is very happy

 

[tkodad]

Those darn roosters! Always trouble!
Sorry you couldn't save her ,you've done a lot
More than most, good luck with the next!
Cuz you know there will be more!

 

[abcr]

Yh there will there is we're expecting eight chicks but my hen wont get broody

 

[abcr]

Have you got any tips

 

[tkodad]

Its really totally up to the hen to go
Broody you could try putting a few
Of those fake eggs in a nesting box
To see there supposed to keep chickens
From eating eggs and stop hens from laying
Eggs on the ground ,but a friend says it made
Her hen broody

 

[BantamLover21]

Yh there will there is we're expecting eight chicks but my hen wont get broody

Are the chicks being delivered from a hatchery to you, or is your hen hatching them from fertile eggs? You can't usually make a hen go broody, so don't rely on her to take care of the chicks. If you haven't already, you should prepare a brooder (warm, safe place for the chicks to stay) before your chicks arrive.

You can make a brooder our of a plastic tub, large cardboard box, or a special pen-type brooder. Put a 1-2 inch layer of pine wood shavings (no cedar--that is dangerous to chickens) on the floor of the brooder. Don't use slippery beddings like newspaper as that will cause splayed-legs among the chicks. Purchase a chick feeder and waterer; fill the feeder with chick starter feed and the waterer with water that (if you can get some) has some chick vitamins/electrolytes in it. If your chicks are bantams, then I would put some marbles or clean stones in the water-dish part of the waterer to prevent the chicks from drowning.

You also need a heat source for your brooder. A heat lamp, suspended (depending on the wattage) 12-18 inches above the floor, will work well. The temperature should be kept at a constant 95 degrees F. the first week, and decrease by 5 degrees each week thereafter. As long as it isn't below freezing outside, your chicks will be old enough to go outside once they reach 6-8 weeks of age. Feed starter feed the first 8 weeks, and then (if its available in your area), switch to grower feed. Once your chicks begin to lay (or around 18-20 weeks), switch over to layer feed.

 

[abcr]

We bought them inside