I have silkies, cochens and brahmas and this handsome rooster, Reepacheep (behind the black cochen). He's now about a year old. I'm guessing he's half brahma on his father's side and maybe half cochen? What do you think?
Well, it seemed to work putting the chick in, in the dark, so far. The hen took her right under her wing. The hen is a frizzle and all of my hens with frizzled feathers are very high strung! So trying in the daylight was a catastrophe as soon as I went near her. Also, the chick got banged around...
Hi,
I have a day old orphan chick the same age as a group of three with another hen. I was thinking I might try to sneak the orphan in at night and the hen would not know the difference in the morning. Anyone tried this or have another suggestion? I did try an intro in the day and the mother...