I'd give her light now. Not over, but by her. My hens raise chicks fine with support and it saves me having to figure out where/which brooder to put them in the middle of the winter. My serama and silkie hens are broody and hatching right now, and have heat support. When my new serama hens arrived from Jerry, some of them went broody and stole chicks.
From: Karen <kgarza523@yahoo.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:13 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
From: Karen <kgarza523@yahoo.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:13 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching
Yep, I can give her a heat lamp to help keep them warm. How cold is too cold for the chicks? It gets into the 30's and 40's here at night. Soon, it will be much colder. Would it be best to bring the chicks inside to raise them until they are big enough to go back outside?
Karen
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@...> wrote:
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> Karen, Is your hen in an area where you can give her a heat lamp or 100 bulb for her and her chicks after the eggs hatch? I'd give her support nearby her nest. It's good that you have food and water by her nest so that she will not have to move to teach her chicks to eat and drink as they hatch. Usually I jump the gun and help the hen teach their chicks to eat and drink too.
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> Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTMMichigan
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> From: Karen <kgarza523@...>
> To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:56 PM
> Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching
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> I guess she is just getting off the nest to poop. She eats the food I give her and drinks the water. This was the first time that I had seen here off the nest. She seems very determined to hatch those eggs.
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> Karen
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Karen
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@...> wrote:
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> Karen, Is your hen in an area where you can give her a heat lamp or 100 bulb for her and her chicks after the eggs hatch? I'd give her support nearby her nest. It's good that you have food and water by her nest so that she will not have to move to teach her chicks to eat and drink as they hatch. Usually I jump the gun and help the hen teach their chicks to eat and drink too.
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> Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTMMichigan
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> ________________________________
> From: Karen <kgarza523@...>
> To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:56 PM
> Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching
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> I guess she is just getting off the nest to poop. She eats the food I give her and drinks the water. This was the first time that I had seen here off the nest. She seems very determined to hatch those eggs.
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> Karen
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