I found out in the early hours of the day last week something was wrong when I went to check the box where I was keeping 19 chicks with a mother hen keeping them warm in the night as the heater blew up.
My nine chicks from the other hen were not in sight and I though a dog came into the laundry where I was keeping them. When I saw the hen protecting her own 11 chicks then I though she practice cannibalism on all the other chicks. I found two dead and wondered.
When I checked later and searched among the boxes and stuff in the laundry I found 6 of them. I took them to their own mother hen. She rejected them and wouldn't care less. Eventually I only have one survivor left and the 11 chicks from the other hen.
A lot of things I learned the hard way. Now I have decided to fence in the area and extend the coop and let them roam freely outside.
Maybe they need space and privacy
My nine chicks from the other hen were not in sight and I though a dog came into the laundry where I was keeping them. When I saw the hen protecting her own 11 chicks then I though she practice cannibalism on all the other chicks. I found two dead and wondered.
When I checked later and searched among the boxes and stuff in the laundry I found 6 of them. I took them to their own mother hen. She rejected them and wouldn't care less. Eventually I only have one survivor left and the 11 chicks from the other hen.
A lot of things I learned the hard way. Now I have decided to fence in the area and extend the coop and let them roam freely outside.
Maybe they need space and privacy