The Cochin has been on eggs for about 8-9 days now. The chicks will be from Meyer's June 3rd hatch. The babies will arrive sometime between the 4-6th. So, after dark, I can slip in the chicks and some empty shells? I do have a couple of shells from the batch of chicks that hatched on Wednesday (I just dug them out of the trash). I will give it a try and see how it goes. How many chicks can a standard sized hen comfortable handle raising? Again I realize that every bird is different but my Cornish seems okay with a dozen, I was thinking the same for the Cochin hen, no?
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From: Peggy Chase <satanslvr@yahoo.com>
To: "CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com" <CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Putting chicks under hens
Put them in at night and it should work. Especially if you have some egg shells to put there too.
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