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LOL... they May not deliver to South Africa....
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But I betcha you could find someone to do the same for you in your area...
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Sswanee48 said:
Can anyone tell me if chicks will be okay in a coop that is 40 degrees or colder with their broody mother. I have always incubated and never had a broody before and probably shouldn't have let her have eggs. I went out and candled them today and she must be keeping them warm because I could see movement and they all looked except one I couldn't make out for sure that is green. Do I need to move the broody to a different area from the other chickens. they don't seem to be bothering her. Anybody that can help out a newbie? She is a good mom and I haven't seen her leave the nest but she must be. Every morning I check on her and she always has an egg in the nest that another chicken has laid. I have a smaller coop but it is in an unheated area and when I checked the temp in that coop it was 30 degrees. Any information would be helpful. Thanks
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As long as your broody has a space that is dry and draft free she will be fine raising chicks even down to freezing temps. Since she is close to the top of the pecking order there *shouldn't* be much of a problem with her raising chicks in with the flock as long as she is protective - some hens just aren't. Make sure that she doesn't have more eggs than she can cover (remember she's going to have to keep the chicks warm as they grow) - most suggest no more then 6 of her size eggs the first time or in cold weather. I would have a small dog kennel or similar ready just in case you need to separate the broody and her chicks after they hatch. Good luck!
 
Alaskan said:
car wreck? you ok? car ok? (
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guess I don't want to know about the emu)
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I hate that, HATE that

(this is the wrong time to say that my place looks like spring... right?)



40 degrees is my summer.. perfect weather for a broody
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However, even though some hens do fine with chicks in a coop, I stress, and would prefer her segregated for at least the first 2 weeks. The stories of the other chickens eating the babies .... well...
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Well...it still ran, but the front end is damaged, :p I'm most def. fine, just sad that I wrecked. The emu situation is one you'd probably hate, videos and pics were taken. And then the whole county is trying to sweep it under the rug like its was all a mistake. Sad sad.
 
I'm sorry to post w/o responding to anyone; I'm in a little bit of a hurry. (It's the last two weeks of the term, so I've got a lot of work this week and finals next week.)
I got New Hampshires and a Rare Breeds Assortment last week (or the week before, I can't remember right now)...anyway...
I have two chicks that look a little like they're NH, but not really. However, one of them kind of has to be, b/c of the numbers; basically, if one is, then the other isn't.
Here are pics:
These are them. The one is much darker than the chicks I know are NHs; the lighter one has stripes (I've never seen a NH chick with stripes).

Okay, this pic is useless, b/c you can't see the stripes, but it's light yellow and light orange striped (five stripes, dark in the center and outsides).

This one is way darker than the other NH chicks. I've included a pic of a chick I know is NH for comparison.

See that the yellow striped chick is feathering out white. What does this mean? Buff? White? Wheaten? Something else?

This pattern looks a lot like the NH chicks; however, it's way darker than the others. If this one isn't a NH, then I'm thinking BLRW. But IDK, b/c there's too much variation in the coloration in that breed/color at this time.

This is the NH chick, looks very much like all the others. There's very little variation among the rest of the chicks.

This is how they're feathering out; less actual pattern to the darker colors than the darker chick and not plain white like the yellow chick.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
I realize there's a chance that neither one of these chicks is NH, but one of them should be.
 
Teachick, I suppose you could wait for them to feather out more to see the color. My red laced cornish bantam was orange and started to feather white, and now he's red laced.
 

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