I tried letting mama #2 and her chicks out again and she seems afraid to leave the coop. She ran out of the coop screaming then quickly ran back in and stayed in there pecking at the floor for a bit. She's subordinate to her sister even before brooding I think. I watched mama #1 attack the...
Their run is pretty much most of my yard so the space is pretty big, but the coop is designed awkwardly as we didn't know what we were doing and hadn't factored in chicks at the time. These last two days, I let mama #1 and her chicks out to free range while mama #2 stays in the dog crate with...
We had two broodies doing a staggered hatch that made things pretty complicated. A week and a half ago mama #1 hatched 4 chicks and I moved them into a temp small area with adjustable fencing.
Mama #2 has two chicks now that are still relatively young. One just hatched yesterday and the other...