I am very happy to share that my first batch of day olds purchased from a local feed store have successfully been adopted by my broody bantam cochin. It is obvious that she is caring for them well and they are very happy and active so far. Since I've never raised babies I don't what normal...
To make a long story short....I adopted a 10month old puppy/dog in April 2012 by June she had gotten a hold of 3 of my neighbors chickens. In an effort to set things right with the neighbor I went about purchasing 3 chickens off of a craiglist ad. Knowing nothing about chickens I ended up...