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AllenK RGV said:
Same here if not ideal seems sold out atm so I will get to experience Cackles livestock a straight run of 10 or so should set me for life. Plan will be to plug/caulk/nail shut every hole nook and cranny before they go to the grow out in that same area as before. Additionally I'll stick a rooster in with them so they are used to that drill.

Broodzilla is now solo on the 4 remaining eggs(again). Nothing has hatched out and today should be day 21 for them but there was a bit of stop and starting involved in the early days. I checked in on her this morning carefully as I don't want her moving eggs about just to sate my curiosity. When I moved them briefly to the incubator I was careful to mark the top of the eggs so the hard work of getting into position wouldn't be a wasted effort for those chicks.
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Did you candle the eggs?
Moving them around is necessary early in the incubation. Not as critical later, I've been told.

Best to wait until day 24 before candling again to see if anything is moving. Do you have a broodzilla shield to protect yourself from a mad hen? Trash can lid? Medieval knight's kite shield laying around perhaps? Even a viking round shield will help.

Sticking a rooster in with chicks can be deadly. Best to introduce them for a while before physical contact. They would be invaders in his eyes.
 
RUNuts said:
Did you candle the eggs?
Moving them around is necessary early in the incubation. Not as critical later, I've been told.

Best to wait until day 24 before candling again to see if anything is moving. Do you have a broodzilla shield to protect yourself from a mad hen? Trash can lid? Medieval knight's kite shield laying around perhaps? Even a viking round shield will help.

Sticking a rooster in with chicks can be deadly. Best to introduce them for a while before physical contact. They would be invaders in his eyes.
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Broodzilla with first chick for the day............................... I'm leaving them alone she just loves to give a single warning peck, then its all loose skin and twist. That cracked egg is labled "Red and 31(mar))" so SumatraxSilkie with no outward looking Sumatra markings or feathering. Somewhat punctual and slightly late on the hatch. :fl for the last 3 to go.
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AllenK RGV said:
Broodzilla with first chick for the day............................... I'm leaving them alone she just loves to give a single warning peck, then its all loose skin and twist. That cracked egg is labled "Red and 31(mar))" so SumatraxSilkie with no outward looking Sumatra markings or feathering. Somewhat punctual and slightly late on the hatch. :fl for the last 3 to go.
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Congratulations! You said a Sumatra rooster over the silkie hens? Interesting...
 
My 2 broody leghorns killed the first chicks. Didn't know what they were, I guess. They were first time mothers and had no idea what was going on.

2 years ago, got a boy and girl.
Last year, 4 hatched, 3 completely disappeared at 1 week. Survivor was a cockerel, of course.

I hope you have better luck than I. Cute chick.
 
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