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    MJ's little flock

    I am very sorry I offended you so badly; it was never my intention. I was trying to help Mary and the chicks. I'll not darken your door again.
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    Good to see that Mary is OK and that you have chicks MJ. I hope things go well for you all.
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    As another day starts for me and draws to an end for you MJ, even those of us of sunny disposition start to feel a little glum. If I were you, I would leave it one more night - I would not candle, because you are in the lockdown phase, and there is a reason the broody stops turning at this stage...
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    MJ's little flock

    How old is Mary? Maria here is 7, broods still, and has a 13 week old daughter at the moment.
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    Do not candle them now! It's much too late. Don't touch them. They need to be in the right position to breathe in the air sac.
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    that's true that's it's too late once she leaves. But it's not true the eggs are infertile - we know the welsummer was fertile, and we do not know about the bantams, yet. She would not have been coo-ing unless she detected sound or movement from the eggs under her. She might yet have chicks. I...
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    I am struggling to visualise this - what opening? photo?
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    MJ's little flock

    "back" - this is about hatching artificially, not with a broody. I think it's a very bad idea; not a port in a storm but a shipwreck. Keep faith with Mary until she leaves the nest. She knows what she is doing better than we do. If she gives up on the eggs, so should you.
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    I just keep food and water away from the nest. If it's close enough for her to drink from, a chick could fall in and chill rapidly.
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    MJ's little flock

    fwiw, in my experience the very gentle coo-cooing from the hen is encouragement to chicks to hatch; it is often the very first thing I hear. So there's a usually a significant time between hearing that and seeing the chicks. Don't presume it's over till the fat lady sings, as they say. If you...
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    MJ's little flock

    I'm guessing there's no news from the broody coop yet... so the wait goes on...
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    MJ's little flock

    So you're a tree of possibilities type, with a very full canopy?
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    :th do you always fear the worst MJ? do you have no faith in Mary?
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    that's a really positive sign!!! Hold on MJ! Just keep sitting on your hands, and wait. Take up knitting or something! :D
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    I can't help there I'm afraid; no experience and no reading on it.
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    MJ's little flock

    Mary will leave when she feels it right, with or without chicks. Let her be your guide. Don't give up until she does. They could be hatching or sleeping beneath her. Try to focus on your meeting today.
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    MJ's little flock

    so today is the first normal day, and it is not even over there yet is it? Keep sitting on your hands MJ. You are crossing bridges before you've got to them. And fwiw, chicks here typically spend the whole or almost the whole of their first day after hatching sleeping under mum, and just...
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    it's exhausting for them all. It could stop start for 24 hours plus. Just sit on your hands. I know it's hard, but it's the best thing you can do, usually.
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    we're all on tenterhooks with you...
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