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    Broody hen left the nest with 4 chicks, 2 still unhatched

    That is quite soon after hatch for a mama to take her chicks out. I've had about a dozen broody hens hatch over the years and have never had one take her chicks outside before day 5 or 6. If you dont have an incubator you can try keeping the remaining eggs under a heat lamp surrounded by wet...
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    Mother Nature always knows more than we do.

    Mom 2 has two chicks now. I took the rest of the eggs and put them under her along with her new babies. I had originally put the 8 store chicks under mom 1 and she violently ejected them. They're too big now for any hen.
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    Mother Nature always knows more than we do.

    Three weeks ago, to the day, I marked 8 eggs under a broody. She was never on the nest for a full 24 hours, often kicked out by other hens. Two more went broody and between the three, the marked eggs were almost always cold. I started gathering them and popping them under which ever broody...
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    Can I have your Rollaway Nesting Box Suggestions?

    I'm looking for recommendations on rollaway nesting boxes. I have the tried/true metal, 15 box setup and the bottoms are rotting out of each box. The hens often crush the eggs whilst laying in them which leads to many yellow faced hens and not very many eggs collected at the end of each day...
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    One day old Poult with splay leg or something more?

    A big thank you @KsKingBee for the help. I put the poult in that crazy contraception over night Wednesday night and by yesterday afternoon he was walking slow but normally. Today he's running around like his brood mates. Hooray!
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    Broken turkey wing

    I'm doubtful it can be fixed at this point unless you reset the bone. I've reset compound fractures when they happened, but nothing that many weeks out from the original injury.
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    Candler is 0 for 16.

    I have the "Flashlight in the Shoebox" brand. I rarely candle, or incubate for that matter, and let mama take care of her eggs. But this year I had to and dug up my candler I made oh so many years ago. Come to think of it, it didn't really work at that time either! Thanks for the link -...
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    Candler is 0 for 16.

    I'm chucking my candler. I candled 12 banty eggs and saw chicks in all 12. Day 29 I pulled all 12 out and not a single one had a chick in them. All rotten eggs. I candled 12 turkey eggs on day 24 of the incubator. Saw 4 with no chick. I said to myself "Self, you've been wrong before" and I...
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    One day old Poult with splay leg or something more?

    Thank you KsKingBee, I had the poult in this crazy contraption for 6 hours and then let it get some exercise and already, it's able to right itself after flopping over. After 10 min, I put it back in. Fingers crossed!
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    Leaving chickens while out of town

    I'd be careful about leaving 4wk Olds with the adults unsupervised and integrated. I've had adult hen mass murder 3, 4 and 6 wk old chicks that weren't raised by a hen in the coop. If you can separate them so that the hens and chicks are face to face but can't get into each other's spaces...
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    One day old Poult with splay leg or something more?

    I have never seen such a thing. Worth a shot! Thank you!
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    One day old Poult with splay leg or something more?

    I made a sling and put the poult in a box with only it's head and neck sticking through and not only did it get out of the sling, it pushed it's way through the hole and climbed out. I've never seen a chick or poult put in so much effort to get out of splints, shoes, slings, etc.
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    One day old Poult with splay leg or something more?

    Refuses to drink or eat. Climbs out of absolutely everything. Boxes, containers, etc. If it has something to lean against, it's up and moving. Nothing to lean against, it flops on the ground.
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    Leaving chickens while out of town

    We lock ours in the coop with access to the enclosed and locked run. Feeders and waterers set up with enough for the entire time we are away. Chicks would have to go to someone's house if no one can come and check on them.
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    One day old Poult with splay leg or something more?

    We just hatched out Turkey poults and one can't walk. It just flops all over the place. One leg looks like it's trying real hard to move around, but the other, even though it moves, ends up straight behind the chick, who ends up face down. I have the legs splinted but the chick just flops...
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