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    Hatching Chicks in an Elevated Coop

    Yes, the chicks will have difficulty negotiating the ramp. They will stay under the broody for a day or so, but she will get them out for food and water and start moving them around. I think leaving them to hatch where they are us a better option right now. I would move them to a ground cage...
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    Introducing myself

    Wow! Love your creations! Those builds are beautiful! Sounds like these girls might just worm their way into your heart ❤️. It happened to all of us. Welcome to BYC!
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    Transition to outside

    Mine get out of the house at 2 weeks, no matter what it's like outside. I have a walk in coop and just isolate a corner for them while they integrate. Sometimes the heat lamp goes too. I just can't stand the dust, smell and noise after 2 weeks.
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    poopy feet

    I have expierenced new chicks getting a buildup of hardened poop, mostly under their toenails. To me it mostly cleared itself up by putting them outside in a ground pen during the day or getting a larger brooder. Are yours crouded? How many chicks, and what size brooder? Once they start...
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    Moving chicks and mamma hen back to the main run (UK)

    I've 3 chicks, 3 days old I think I would hold off until these little guys are stronger and at least have wing feathering. I have lost small chicks before when mama hen was not aggresive enough (timid and low on the pecking order) And chicks scattered and she was not able to protect them all...
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    Introduction

    Sounds like a delightful group! Welcome to BYC!
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    5 month old chickens

    Oh no! I had this happen to me. I tried looking like you but never found them In my case I think they got out on the tall grass and wandered to far out, and got disoriented and could not find the way back. Having no idea what direction they went didn't help. I searched for weeks! So sorry this...
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    Moving chicks and mamma hen back to the main run (UK)

    I have separate rabbit hutch/ broody hen set up like you. I move my hens and hatching eggs into that for the incubation period. I usually wait until chicks are mostly feathered 2-3 weeks old and move them back into the main coop with the adult flock population. I do this move after dark and make...
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    Breaking broody

    You want them to be in an active location so they engage. Also a sunny bright area with no dark "hideyholes". Mindful of overheating in the sun. I place mine under a shade tree with plenty of food and water. Still diffused light though. Open on all 4 sides co they get a cool breese. Broodies...
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    Hi!

    Beautiful pictures and flock! Welcome to BYC!
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    Hen getting pecked at and seems down

    I would use something sticky, like bag balm, Corona ointment, even triple antibiotic ointment. Apply lightly but cover all the wounds. She won't like it and may not sit still easily. But needs to be done if possible. Can you catch her? I always do my dictering after dark, because then I can just...
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    Hen getting pecked at and seems down

    I would definatly keep her separated, as she has nowhere to go to escape these attacks with that many birds in that closed space. She may be just unlucky and at the lower end of the pecking order. Flocks sometime single out someone and can get brutal, even resulting in death for the victim. she...
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    My chickens have completely taken over my life!

    Welcome to BYC! Sounds like quite a chicken adventure you are embarking on!
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    Hen getting pecked at and seems down

    Aww, that's awful! Can you describe more about her environment, like size of coop and run, how many roosters, what you are feeding, size of entire flock. Details like this give us a more thorough picture of what is happening.
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    Goodbye aart

    I didn't know about this until today. My sincere condolences to her family. I read the link to her obit and was surprised to see that Aart and I were born 2 days apart! My bd is the 12th. Same month and year. When I first became a member years ago it did not take long for this member to leave an...
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