We just had a broody hen hatch out 6 baby chicks. When I put them back into the regular coop we had one hen get all weird. She laid near them for a few days and now she's just sleeping all day. With her head tilted over and her eyes closed. Also it looks like she's panting. What gives?? Can a...
Hi! So we have 12 chickens in our back yard (don’t tell my neighborhood association!). One of our buff Orpingtons is broody. Poor girl was sitting on dud eggs so I got 4 eggs from a friend. Well one of those broke and I wanted her to have at least one baby. So I got those on a Tuesday. Then on...