Hello,
could you give me a bit of advice please?
We got a broody hen to hatch successfully this year and her chicks are now 8 weeks old and almost as big as she is. She has now started laying again and is not showing much interest in the chicks.
They have been outside under shelter continuously with no more heat than from their mothers brooding, but most can’t get underneath her now if she does brood them.
When would you suggest taking her away from them?
We are in Aberdeenshire and it’s typical summer weather here (sun/wind/rain/sun/hail/sun/gales/sun and all before 9am
) so they should be fairly hardy.
Many thanks.