My eggs just hatched today hen hasn't brought the chicks off at all. still has an egg or 2 under her.
How long can a chick go without eating?
- Thread starter Teresaann24
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They can go a couple of days without eating. When they absorb the yolk before they hatch, that nourishes them for those first couple of days.
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