Oh that's such a disappointment...I'm so sorry.
I have not tried to introduce anything like bread. There is water and feed close by. I just assumed that she would show baby to eat/drink there. I am at work right now til midnight. I think I will try to take bread out to her tomorrow.
I will some luck your way! I just went out and checked on the check this morning, both mom and baby are doing great. It was a pretty sleepless night for me. I had other chicks hatching in my incubator and I kept thinking about my little chick outside. Unfortunately I did lose one chick while...
Just checked on them. Both were quiet. I was able to lift moms bum and could see the chick all fluffed and warm. When I pulled my hand back out mom settled back down on the baby. I feel a little better but am sure I will be back out at the crack of dawn!
So on occasion I can her the chick chirp. I can no longer see the chick at all. But I was able to reach under mom and feel the chick... felt warm. Mom is acting the same way as she did with her eggs. She has never pecked me, even when I was checking/candling her eggs. But she did/does make...
Well I did it...and I am really nervous now. So my chicks in my bator started to hatch. I ended up putting one of the chicks under the broody. She was not thrilled when I was removing her eggs (they were not fertile), but then I quickly placed the chick under her and closed up her box. I was...