This is the first time I have allowed a broody Welsummer hen to incubate, hatch and raise chicks. My previous experience has been to raise the chicks by themselves under heat lamps. I notice this time that the chicks are extremely happy with the mother hen. When I raised chicks separated they...
Newly hatched cockerel (male/rooster) Welsummer chicks. Healthy. Medicated feed. The male is identified by the lighter brown triangular marking on the head. In the photo, the chick on the left is male. Location: Biddeford, Maine 207-232-8920