Category Archives: baby chickens

Building my broody a box

Posted on May 23, 2012 by jkmcintyre

Calamity Jane has been broody for three months now. Although she failed to successfully hatch the fertile donor eggs in April, she was not clearly at fault, so I have decided to let her try again. Yesterday I stopped by … Continue reading →

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One week after chicks due

Posted on May 5, 2012 by jkmcintyre

One week has passed since the chicks were due to hatch. Corroborated by several web resources, chicks will not hatch more than a few days passed the incubation period (I.e., 21 d due, 24 d max). So this morning I … Continue reading →

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One-dead-baby-chicken, two-dead-baby-chicken, three-dead-baby-chicken …

Posted on April 30, 2012 by jkmcintyre

The day I found that first dead baby chicken (Thursday) I left town for a conference in British Columbia. On the train that evening, I got a call from the homestead. Our friend Darryl said, “There is an egg with … Continue reading →

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One is the loneliest number

Posted on April 26, 2012 by jkmcintyre

This morning I found a beautiful, perfect, dead baby chick in the nest box with the fertilized eggs. Down still matted, eyes still shut tight. Calamity Jane, the would-be mother hen, was sitting on a clean empty nest next door. … Continue reading →

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