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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Jukes Mum on August 19, 2016, 11:23:29 am

Title: Who's chick is it anyway...?
Post by: Jukes Mum on August 19, 2016, 11:23:29 am

We have been inundated with broody hens recently.
We moved one into the secure nursery paddock and she hatched 6 chicks. In the meantime another 6 hens have gone broody. This morning 5 very proud hens have come out parading one chick!
Poor confused hens. Hey-ho, little chick has 5 doting mummies  :love:

Please excuse the state of the very moulty hens!

Title: Re: Who's chick is it anyway...?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on August 19, 2016, 01:34:32 pm

awww :love: Well 5 is better than none. I would watch them closely in case they don't want it any more or if they satrt fighting over it. My hens have started moulting too and they look a bit worse for wear ::)

Title: Re: Who's chick is it anyway...?
Post by: Penninehillbilly on August 21, 2016, 08:04:59 pm

Trouble is they may have come off their own in response to the cheeping,  letting their own die, did you check them? If it hasn't been cold there they maye still survive?

Title: Re: Who's chick is it anyway...?
Post by: Jukes Mum on August 22, 2016, 09:22:54 am

Broody number 6 is still sat on the other eggs.