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I have a broody hen that was sitting on 7 eggs. The first hatched on Weds, the rest Thurs and yesterday. I had given up on the last egg, then heard it cheeping. I could see a faint pip this morning. By this eve a tiny hole, but the pipping stopped and I thought the chick had weakened because...

I didn't notice before but one of my broody's eggs has a thick-looking shell. All the other chicks have gradually hatched over the last 3 days. Now I have been listening to the last one cheeping and tapping at the shell all day. I put some drops of warm water on the egg. It started to pip...

I've had one chick rejected from a brood of three. Because she was rejected, I put her with another chick under an electric hen, but both chicks weren't feeding well under this. They weren't cheeping to say they were too cold, just quiet. I've now moved the second chick back with its mum, and...

Does anyone know if new chicks with a broody hen are OK in this weather (snow and wind)? I shall never hatch this early again..

I have had three chicks hatch on separate days under a Pekin broody. The first one to hatch is 3 days old and now very active, but the one that is two days old and a day old are sleeping most of the time. I had a complication in that the broody did not like the last chick to hatch and kept...

I have had three chicks hatch slowly, one on Thursday, one on Friday and one this afternoon. The last one hatched very fast once it had pipped and is on its feet now, looking a beautiful, healthy chick. However, I can't understand when it emerges from my Pekin's feathers that it gets pecked...