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How many legs does a momma hen have?
Raising chicks sans hen, you keep them very warm with a heat lamp or incandescent bulb. Guidelines are 95 degF the first week and dropping 5 degrees per week until they are fully feathered or you reach nighttime temperatures. (In … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken behaviour, keeping baby chicks warm
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Settling their differences
[Continuing the mini-drama ‘Here there be Roosters?‘] Rooroo and L kept facing off (albeit safely) while L was inside the broody box. When left utterly alone, L was distressed, so I look her out to visit for a spell. Her … Continue reading
Where is my mom??
As the chicks grow, they range further from their mom. Sometimes one realizes she is alone. When this happens, I get to see one of the really cool things about watching a hen raise chicks (as opposed to raising them … Continue reading
When baby chicks get cold
When the chicks were two days old, Momma Hen decided their confinement was over. Contrary to my imaginings of Calamity Jane herding the chicks out for the first time under the shelter of her warm wings, when I opened the … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken behaviour, cold babies, dust bath
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