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    Chicken has hatched two eggs out of 12 on Sunday, BUT I cracked one of the eggs yesterday...........

    So after three days of no other eggs hatching I decided to crack one of the eggs to make sure it wasn't spoiled, and there was a live chick inside. I checked again today [pulled the hen off the eggs], and cracked another, and yep, another live chick that died shortly after. I don't remember...
  2. J

    Will hens that are NOT broody adopt new chicks?

    Yes. She has been around two groups of chicks. When she was around 5 months old we bought some Jersey Giant chicks, and kept them in a small pen. At around two weeks we brought them into the main flock, and the Cochin took right too them. However since it was summer we just put the chicks in the...
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    Will hens that are NOT broody adopt new chicks?

    Okay, I did a net search, and even the suggested threads here, but there isn't a situation quite like mine. Back in the 90's we hatched over 20 chicks in an incubator, and all was well. However, it was the summer, and warm enough to leave the chicks in the garage until they were a few weeks...
  4. J

    When is the best time to buy chicks, cheap?

    We bought some Comets this past April at Tractor Supply for the going price of around $4 to $5 each [I can't remember the exact price]. About two weeks went by, and we were at TS again, and they had some Bard Rocks, and Leghorns there so I asked the price, and was told they were $1 each so we...
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