I have four 8 day old chicks hatched under broody hen. Today I noticed very low, near constant cheeping every time I checked the coop today. They are under the hen and still making noise. It is not loud and is not their distress cry... I heard that the other day when I cleaned the coop...
So my hen Brownie went broody for the third time this year so we decided to let her hatch some eggs. I ordered shipped eggs, knowing they don't always have great hatch rates, but thinking it would be a fun experiment.
4/6 have hatched yesterday!
She is taking them to food/ water and...
We have a broody hen that this is the third time this year she has gone broody so we bought some fertilized eggs for her to sit on. If any of them hatch my concerns are about our coop. Our coop is raised off the ground. I worry about the chicks being unable to manage the ramp or falling...