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Bailz

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Location: West Yorkshire
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new chicks

« on: May 17, 2011, 19:30 »

Hi when can my chicks go it alone without the broody that hatched them?

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PaulineM

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Location: County Down, Northern Ireland
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Re: new chicks

« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 19:45 »

Hi
My broody left her chick at 5 weeks, it kept following her for a couple of days and she very firmly pecked it to make it stop. It now sleeps on its own roosting on a little perch.

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Sassy

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Location: North Yorkshire
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Re: new chicks

« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2011, 08:59 »

Mother hen will tell them when she is no longer interested/responsible for them

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