We hatched 3 chicks with 2 broodies in May this year. We have kept all chicks, one is a cockeral, the others hens. The chicks remained with mums until 5/6wks old, then they had had enough.
We had 4 original hens. We expected the dynamics to change but it not harmonious at all. One of the...
We got 2 new chicks at a day old and gave these to our 2 broodie hens. We had fertilised eggs which they were sitting on, but we didn't think any were viable, hence the buying of 2day old chicks.
On the day we removed the eggs, one last check showed potentially 1 chick. This has now hatched in...
Recently got 2 orpington chicks at 1 day old. Placed under 2 Broodie wydottes, they are great co-parenting mothers. One of the chicks is great running around, learning to feed, drinking, eating.
The other though seems weaker somehow. She is 5 days old now, eating and drinking but seems...
I have had chickens for a year now. Never wanted them, my partner did. But, within days I was hooked and now I am obsessed. We have 2 leg bars, 2 bantam wydottes and recently 2 orpington chicks. The new coop will be built soon.