Today is day 21.....she has 2 live chicks, is sitting on more eggs but she was eating a dead chick!!!!!! Is that normal????? I have no idea if it was alive or dead when she started eating it. Do hens eat the chicks that don't survive????
We just got home from vacation & my broody hen pooped only in her box while we were gone. It's a mess. My husband replaced all her bedding then washed her 6 eggs under warm water since they were covered in poop. We put the eggs under her around midnight July 4th so the eggs should be hatching in...
llo everyone. I am new to having chickens and everything was going great... until last weekend. My silkie hen got a hole on the back of her neck from my rooster. We doctored her up and separated her in a brooder box. At the same time, my lavender americauna hen went broody (this is my 1st time...