My broody hen hatched two and adopted three of my four that hatched in the incubator. I kept one it has spaddle legs and it's hobbled at the moment. Cross your fingers it can stand tomorrow! 🤞🤞🤞
Yes I was careful to pull the shell back and not the lining then I did and saw blood. There was blood by the hole and the other chick keeps turning it over trying to cuddle and she picks at it I lost once last time because I didn't assist and it was beautiful. It broke my heart. I jumped the gun...
One is now In the brooder pin with her baby and the eggs she was on. The other mama had a baby but she had smothered it. I'm guessing but it was dead it's the one I heard a couple days ago but didn't see. The next day I went and it was quiet so I thought I heard birds from outside. She went back...
I have a brooding pen on the floor. All ready. 😂🤣😂 I went to move them to make it easier to clean up, and safer, because I have eggs exploding and the smell.. But I keep trying to get the bad eggs out and clean the mess without eggs getting hurt, rolling or worse.
It was just passed the 22nd...
I'm going through the same thing! And I can't get to my hens at night. Bad idea of extra nesting boxes. I removed about half the eggs after a raccoon attack, but I have two broody hens and they had about 40 eggs. I cleaned up the broken and changed the bedding. Let them go trying to remove extra...