After finding a baby who was born after the mom had left with her other babies I decided to raise him myself but he is so small and frail and he doesnt' know how to eat, I have to put water and chick start in water on the end of his beak and he'll take a little but it is not enough. I'm...
Thank you for responding, I was feeling so bad for it, I hope it works, it should, I will watch though, I noticed earlier today that some of them had switched moms, one had 3 and the other one had 10 so hopefully it will work.
After dark tonight I found a baby chick in a nest that must have hatched after the mother left with the others, she has not returned to the nest and since our chickens are free range and we have 4 acres and its dark I could not find her. We have around 30 chickens and 2 hens have babies. I...
Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do.