We would love to do this, but where we live they would not survive with just mom. There are too many predators around here. The fact mom somehow survived for a month away is a miracle, but we have already had some that got out and were eaten. We had to really fortify out coop and run to keep...
We have always bought yearling or older chickens and did not plan to have any baby chicks due to not knowing how to raise them. About a month ago we had a chicken escape the coop and vanish into the woods. To our surprise she returned yesterday with a clutch of 8 baby chicks. So we quickly...
