I have a broody silkie sitting on eggs that will hatch next week. She is in the coop with the other two silkie hens and all seems to be okay now, after some "situating" of the nest. I have medicated chick feed at the ready, but my plan was to pretty much let mother nature do her thing. (No...
I have three hens and I have never been able to determine a clear pecking order between the top two. We are using one of the hens to hatch some eggs now that she is broody. The problem is that when she comes down for her once-a-day break, she is absolutley abused by the other top hen. I have...