Silkiebegins
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- Mar 22, 2024
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So my hen decided to go broody when the temperature outside are 112 every day. So I really didn't want her to be on those eggs for 3 whole weeks. This was my 1st broody so I was kind of new to this and wasn't sure if I can shorten the process by giving her eggs that would hatch in the next week. But I did anyway. When the time came for them to hatch I came and did a peak. I ended up finding one baby crushed in her egg one alive and next to the mom and the other unhatched. It was of course still hot and the chick was trying to cool down along with the mom. So I took them out and the mom instantly ditched her baby. I put her back on the nest and she was back to her sort of mother ish behavior. Should I leave the chick with her? How long will it take for her to actually care for the baby? Was I wrong for shortening the process?