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Thank you for the info. I'm gonna be there. Is anyone else going?

I'll be there if ladrifter is going! (or if I can con him into it
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) That is, if he's not taking his grandkids? I think maybe he is
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Apparently we will have beagle pups available for Christmas, I just noticed that Cutie Pie, Cris's beagle, is 'expecting'. Hopefully daddy is one of the neighbor's pure males that runs around and not one of dad's mutts...only time will tell.
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Wow! One of the newly hatched chicks about 4-6 days old fell out of its nest and got in with the other young chicks. You would have thought that it was a wicked beast from hell the way the cornish hen grabbed it an gave it a fling. I guess I now know what happened to one of her chicks that disappeared. Talk about "mine or not mine" with the attitude of "protect with your life, or kill it" attitude.

I rescued the chick and moved momma and the other chick as well into a nest in with the other hens and their chicks and locked them in with food and water so that all the hens could get use to each other. After a day I removed the fence and the next day the newly introduced momma hen and her two young were on the floor hiding from the rest but being grudgingly accepted.

Each time I go into the coop I am treated to another episode of "Hens with Chicks". Ya know I read several books on raising chicks and talked to a lot of people on Backyard Chickens but these hens don't seem to be able to read. I have finally concluded that if you have a momma hen just let her do her thing. Let the chicks eat dirt, drink dirty water, get underfoot and get kicked across the room when momma is scratching for fresh dirt. What can I say they are all healthy and growing like weeds. I've even seen some of the older chicks under the Cornish hen. (what the Heck?)

The biggest difference from these chicks and the oldest hens that I have is that I haven't been able to handle them. So they are scared of my presence and run off churping. All the older chickens I have, I raised in a 3' x 4' cardboard box and handled them fairly regularly. Even now I can reach out an rub my hand under the roosters as they scoot off out of arms reach, but they don't run away.

Oh well, I guess there are some trade offs when you use broodies.

Wellp, that's the news from my side of the coop. Hope you'all are doing well in yours.
 
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If the mamas are used to you (and used to you being the 'food guy') the babies will eventually calm down some. Sooner or later mama will tell them the secret about you being the guy with goodies rather than her. Then they will look expectantly up at you whenever you come near.
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I have some hen-hatched babies that do still avoid me at all costs, but some of them even let me touch them
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Howyadoin' Shelleyd? Good to hear from you.

Unfortunately I have 35 pound feeders that I only have to fill about once a week. So I am not the food guy. I do come down a couple times a day and give scratch treats but that doesn't seem to have any real connection to me either.

I cannot worry about the lack of affection from a few chicks. I've had that problem all my life. (snic,... snic... snicker, snicker, snicker...graffa ha. ha, ha. ho ho ho ... ahhaaaa.... Oh, if it wasn't so true...)
 

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