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Update... Mom and chicks are fantastic. they are just 2 months old and she had done everything. she has taught them how to jump up, down, eat, forage for food, get up on the roost,. they know how to get into and out of the coop ....how to be a good chicken. She's such a good mom, I want her to...

I'll check that out today and post.

Pics of my girl

ok thanks for the reply. I have to figure out how to post a pic that isn't pdf. but until then, she is a production blue, 2 years old, my flock eats only organic - Texas Natural. She has been like this for about 3-4 days. I don't think she has laid an egg in a while I have her in a "hospital"...

The pictures should tell it all. She's isolating, bloated, not eating or drinking much, doesn't seem to be egg bound, any ideas?

My little Mom is so into it. ..... She was born to be a MOM.

so I did exactly what the one person suggested. I let the two hens lay on eggs throughout the day. I had gotten the chicks that day so I took chick food mixed with water, heat lamp and water... they were in the area all day. When you get the chicks you dip their little beaks into the water and...

Ok ladies tonight is the night... I am gonna make 2 broody's MOM...... got my cute little chicks today and can't wait until tonight. I am going to do as your recommended and put them in the boxes with a cover to keep them in and then see what happens.... I will post updates. If we have any...

I I don't know what it is like where you are but we are out on open farm land and it blows like there is no tomorrow. 40 mile an hour winds not uncommon...... and hot. Las summer I would take the hose into the coop and spray the chickens and the floor.. (concrete). The first few times they...

Greetings from Thorndale TX ......

Probably not feasible, but you might think about relocating to a state that has reasonable gun laws. It's gonna get nothing but worse. Soon it may be people breaching your home to steal your chickens.