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Persuasive Essay On Broody Research Paper

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Have a broody hen and no rooster? It is still possible for your broody hen to adopt day old chicks, there are just a few tips to help your broody hen to become a happy adoptive mother. Once you've confirmed your hen is in a broody stage place the broody hen in it's own private area with feed and water. The feed and water will be for both mother hen and chicks. Use 20% protein chick starter, which will be fine if the Mother eats this feed as well because the extra protein will help her while she is broody. The sooner you can get the chicks the better, but in the meantime you can encourage the broody hen to stay broody by keeping a calm and private nesting spot for her. Once you receive your chicks, be sure to have a temporary brooder set up and allow the chicks to become acclimated. We would not recommend attempting to have her adopt chicks older than a week of age. We hatch and ship our chicks on the same day so by time you would receive them they are only 24-72 hours old, depending when you receive them from the day they are shipped. (Check out our tips for their arrival Linked Here.) Be sure not …show more content…

There is a possibility of the mother hen not accepting a chick, so if you would have children involved in the process be sure to check them yourself first in case there would be a casualty. If by the next day she's accepted the the couple that you had introduced to her, add the rest under her that night. If she does not take to chicks, it may be best to order hatching eggs and have her hatch them instead. With a successful adoption of chicks allow the chicks and their new adoptive mother to have their own area as other members of the flock may show aggression toward the new additions, however, if they have a history of accepting new additions to the flock keep a watchful eye on them once they've been

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