Recent content by karenmontana

thank you!!! I'll check in tomorrow and let you all know if a momma stakes her claim!

ok.... now i do remember not seeing one of my Dominiques..... AND when we went out there to put the chick in the MHP one of the Dominique hens puffed out her neck feathers huge..... but she hasn't come down at all for the baby.... I'll check on him before bed and again at 5 AM

if there is a mamma in the morning, then what? will i assume she'll keep him warm? do i just put food and water down where he is and he'll know how to feed himself?

Oh good idea!! I'll see if I can set it all up in the coop.....

yes, i set up a MHP and have layer crumble, water, and I'm scrambling an egg for him... till i can get to the feed store tomorrow.... I'll check around for a nest.... I left them all alone for about 15 minutes just now to see if the hens would come down and they didn't.....

none of the hens are down there with him.... they are all cuddled up for the night like usual, and he is chirping down on the ground

I did find some eggs tonight out on the ground in their pasture area, but spread out, not in a clutch

one of the hens was getting mad when i took eggs the other day but I've been taking eggs every few days..... I didn't possibly think they'd be fertile since my rooster has been gone for a while....

two hens jump off the roost when i go in.... should I leave him with some bedding and food and water down there?

My rooster left about 2 weeks ago..... today i came home to a baby chick ,,,,,,,, I cannot tell which one is the mother hen.... no one is acting motherly or claiming the chick..... What do i do? All the hens are on their roost and the baby is running around chirping... it's starting to get...

thank you

what ended up happening with your chick?

Our baby chick is 5 days old. The kids picked it out at the feedstore to try to save it. It came from the hatchery like this. It can only stand on one leg. The hock is definitely infected/ inflamed/ swollen as you can see. What should we do? Any help is most appreciated.

Our baby chick is 5 days old. The kids picked it out at the feedstore to try to save it. It came from the hatchery like this. It can only stand on one leg. The hock is definitely infected/ inflamed/ swollen as you can see. What should we do? Any help is most appreciated.