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[Chicken Rustler]

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I have been told that if ya let the hen hatch remove the chicks right after all hatch or they will be wilder than a march hare.

 

[Chickielady]

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I have been told that if ya let the hen hatch remove the chicks right after all hatch or they will be wilder than a march hare.

You oughta know, you have 2 of the "crows" and they are wilder than the march hare indeed. to this very day, despite pampering, holding & hand feeding.
Freaky, fly right up & cock themselves aginst a wall trying to "get away"
Broody chicks can be scared for life.
Never again.

 

[Chickielady]

Ain't No Sunshine :

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An incognito newbie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome!!!!!!!!!

Join in!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, it's the old Cackleberry Linda. I got a new computer and couldn't figure out how to get BYC to recognize me as Cackle. I was too tired, cranky and untechy to figure it out. So, I started up again with a new name. Thanks for the welcom, though.​

Aw......HI CACKLE BERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good to have ya back!!!!!!!!

 

[Ogress]

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I really don't know reading some of the others ordeals with them was why I went with broody's

Will wait to see if the girls still want to sit on eggs after this.

I will never deal with broody hens again!
It was SOOO cute, but the end result has been chicks grown up that are flighty, freaky, scared to death of humans.
Broody-raised chicks are afraid of humans.
this is taught to them by hen.
I now have a whole generation of freaked out ameraucana that will fly right up into the ceiling every time I walk into the coop...one just broke a wing, several I have clipped wings as they are so freaked by the apperance of humans.
And the mention of the fact that they do not lay during this time...having several broody hens can really screw things up.

I just read a post on this site that said to fill a zip-lock bag with ice cubes and stick it under the hen. I think I may try it on my BO - her skin looks really dehydrated! I throw her off the nest 3 times a day and she quickly drinks and takes a bite of food then back on the nest. My EE broody who has been broody for much longer is much better and has not lost any weight.

 

[Chickielady]

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I can only assume at this point, that Noelle was in an accident, so for so much pain at such a young age, an accident ?
I want you to know that this has touched my heart in such a way as to effect all I did today, reminding me of the day I spoon fed my Grandma at 97 years old and suddenly she died off in my arms..........after she said goodbye Robin................I held her as she slumped.
I love her still.
She lives with me everyday.
Just today I was digging in the garden, and afterwards had soil under my finernails, and gramma used to say: " Girl, looks like it is time for you to go make bisquits"
As there is no better way to get the garden grime outta your figernails.

At such a young age, what brought Noelle such profound pain?
I ache for you............I have lost alot of relatives and worked as hospice.
I am here for you if you need anything!

 

[Chickielady]

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I will never deal with broody hens again!
It was SOOO cute, but the end result has been chicks grown up that are flighty, freaky, scared to death of humans.
Broody-raised chicks are afraid of humans.
this is taught to them by hen.
I now have a whole generation of freaked out ameraucana that will fly right up into the ceiling every time I walk into the coop...one just broke a wing, several I have clipped wings as they are so freaked by the apperance of humans.
And the mention of the fact that they do not lay during this time...having several broody hens can really screw things up.

I just read a post on this site that said to fill a zip-lock bag with ice cubes and stick it under the hen. I think I may try it on my BO - her skin looks really dehydrated! I throw her off the nest 3 times a day and she quickly drinks and takes a bite of food then back on the nest. My EE broody who has been broody for much longer is much better and has not lost any weight.

I told you about the hen I had that was broody despite all we did, until she died.
She would NOT get off the nest, and caged, and swung, and dunked in ice water, and ice under the nest just ticked off all the other hens in the coop.......

 

[Ogress]

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I just read a post on this site that said to fill a zip-lock bag with ice cubes and stick it under the hen. I think I may try it on my BO - her skin looks really dehydrated! I throw her off the nest 3 times a day and she quickly drinks and takes a bite of food then back on the nest. My EE broody who has been broody for much longer is much better and has not lost any weight.

I told you about the hen I had that was broody despite all we did, until she died.
She would NOT get off the nest, and caged, and swung, and dunked in ice water, and ice under the nest just ticked off all the other hens in the coop.......

I thought of that this evening, and I don't want her to die, so I put food and water in her nest box tonight. She won't drink from the bottle like the other broody will. It is the other BO that seems a bit weak now, she came off the nest 2 weeks ago and was the same way. Her tail is up today and she ate cottage cheese and wheat bread, and was back to exploring the yard, just a bit slower than everyone else. She's not interested in chicken feed, maybe she's poisoned from the Daphne. I treated all the 6-9 month old hens with Eprinex today in case it is worms or mites.

 

[RonB]

T Hi

Kim is right. I lurke alot don't have a lot to say. NO I have NOT been eatting WHite eggs

My Cal. white hasn't given me a good egg in a month. she lays about two eggs a week that are soft shell and they eat most of it. My white leg horn stopped laying about the same time. But she has started up again. she has laid two eggs in the last three days. I think she was TOO FAT

. I do have a young brown leghorn that lays a nice small white egg. My black sexlink is a Machine

she has laid 46 eggs in the last 48 days

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I also have been building another coop. that makes # 4 in the barn. this will be the LAST unless we build a Bigger barn

So thats what RonB has been up to.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Ron Nice to see you on here and thanks for the update. I think of you a lot but I know that yer schedule and all doesn't lend well to much BYC time. Especially when some days we are 20 + pages of whatever.

 

[VelvettFog]

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Atwood?
Are you guys related to the Atwoods up here in wenatchee? They do cherry farming.

What did she have? I'm 21 and by the time i finished reading and saw her age it made me very sad.

No relation that I know of. She had colon cancer.