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    When to mix chicks with flock

    I have a hen that hatched one chick a couple weeks ago. She is in a separate room with it now. The room is visible to the rest of the flock, but has a wire door between. I am wondering when I can mix her and her chick back in with the rest of the flock? There are 3 year old chickens in my...
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    Found dead chicks in coop

    I have a hen that is due to hatch eggs this week. I just went to close up for the night and found that 2 of her eggs had broken and the chicks were dead on the floor of the coop.. One other egg looked like it had been pecked at. Is this the broody hen doing this? Or could it be the other...
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    Can I take week old chicks from their mama?

    We just hatched our first chicks about a week ago and I have separated them with mama in the coop. The problem is they are silkies and I have larger chickens who are going in the pen I have them in and picking on the mama and her babies. If I take the babies away will the mama rejoin the flock...
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