Idk for certain but it sounds like she's just broody. Its been different both times in our experience with mixing little ones with our one bigger hen. Once, she took right to the babies (weren't hers) teaching them and loving them..until they got bigger like closer to her size, then she started...
What is pasty butt I keep hearing about? The temp is about 80-85 (I have a plastic storage bin, regular light bulb on one side, feeder, waterer on the other side) I was just reading about a brooder plate? Thanks for replying so quick, we have older hens that usually takes care of her own babies...
We have 5 babies (2wks roughly) that were given to me by a friend who realized her young daughter wasn't taking proper care of them the next day after she bought them. Since we already have a a few coops outside..one with a couple older hens and the other has six 2 mos olds. So (I hope I'm not...