I need help with my new baby chicks

[hammady11]

[/IMG]I have recently just hatched some of my very own eggs under a broody hen and they are soo cute!! They are a cross of barred rock and faverolle! I have no clue wat to do! I am only 14 and ive raising about 32 chickens by myself while still going to school and other hobbies!! Can anyone help me and tell me wat to do with them. So there are 3/8 hatched so wat should i do if the rest of them don't hatch! If someone could give me a complete guide to wat I do I would be very happy! Thankyou

 

[Angiebubs]

Give the remaining eggs a few days. Do you know how to "candle" the eggs? Candling is basically when you take a flashlight and carefully shine the light into the egg (when its dark out) to see if you can see any signs of movement. The mom hen will usually know when the remaining eggs will not hatch and either toss them out of the nest or she will begin spending more time off the nest with the new little hatched ones in a few days.

 

[hammady11]

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Give the remaining eggs a few days. Do you know how to "candle" the eggs? Candling is basically when you take a flashlight and carefully shine the light into the egg (when its dark out) to see if you can see any signs of movement. The mom hen will usually know when the remaining eggs will not hatch and either toss them out of the nest or she will begin spending more time off the nest with the new little hatched ones in a few days.

I have candled the eggs and they all seem fertile. I'm not an entire noob at this haha! Although I will wait a few more days untill all the eggs have hatched! And also how much food should I be giving the new chicks??

 

[annelions]

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I have candled the eggs and they all seem fertile. I'm not an entire noob at this haha! Although I will wait a few more days untill all the eggs have hatched! And also how much food should I be giving the new chicks??

As much as they can eat. Unlike some animals, I've found that chickens generally eat when they're hungry and stop when they're not. It may take you a few days to get it right, but you want to put out enough so that they have plenty to eat, but not enough so that they spoil a bunch by soiling it or trampling it.

 

[hammady11]

As much as they can eat. Unlike some animals, I've found that chickens generally eat when they're hungry and stop when they're not. It may take you a few days to get it right, but you want to put out enough so that they have plenty to eat, but not enough so that they spoil a bunch by soiling it or trampling it.

Ok thankyou I'm really excited!!! I have given them a small tub full about 50g of food so hopefully the other chickens don't eat it lol

 

[Angiebubs]

hammady-,My apologies-I wasn't sure what you knew/didn't know! Good luck and keep us posted!

 

[hammady11]

hammady-,My apologies-I wasn't sure what you knew/didn't know! Good luck and keep us posted!

It's fine haha but there has been a problem!! The mum left the rest of the eggs and they went cold! I put 2 of them that hadn't almost hatched yet underneath her but the other two had completely died!!! It was horrible!!