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They won't suffocate at all. I would put them all the way under her. When I did mine I kind of just sat them next to her at first and she pecked at them. After that I literally just stuffed one under her. I thought she would freak out or get up and move. Instead she just settled right down on...

I'm going to try this today. My daughter accidentally stepped on one of our babies today and broke it's neck. So I'm going to be picking up a replacement later and going to try to get the mother to take it in with the others. They are all about 2 1/2- 3 weeks old right now. Hopefully this will...

Hello, I have a question for you all!!! I successful got my Buff Orpington to adopt 7 chicks and they have been doing great for almost 3 weeks. The problem is my daughter was out feed them today and accidentally stepped on a baby and broke the poor things neck She was pretty devastated that she...

The other ladies wondering what the heck is going on

Thank you! She did FINALLY go back into the nest once it was completely dark outside! I let her get comfy for a couple hours then I snuck in there like a ninja with a red light head lamp. At first I didn't think she was going to take them. I set one of the babies next to her hoping she would...

Tehe! And here is one of the babies bums under her new mama!

Here is Sugar this morning sitting on all the babies like a good mama! I think we pulled off the adoption!

Heres all my fluffy babies before I gave them to Sugar!

So I actually have a legitimate broody!(I swear this one is not sick) She has been sitting in golf balls for a least a week and is show all the other classic signs. Starting to pull out chest feathers, pecking at me if I try to touch her "eggs", getting a bit huffy at me when I pet her, very...

Once I saw them do that right by the outside of the coop door, once in the coop in the corner, under the nesting boxes. The other time was in the nesting box

LOL. So, today I noticed that one of my hens seems to be sitting on another hen head. Where ever she goes! I saw them in 3 different locations doing the same thing!! I am not sure it one hen is "trying" to sit on the other hens head, or if the hen being sat on is diving underneath her! Is this...

Thank you both for you suggestion. I think it's a great idea to have a med kit on hand for the ladies. I will try to make a list of things to go in it from the info you have given me and go out to the farm store later to get supplies. I really appreciate all the support. This place it so great...

Thank you all for your caring thoughts and help. I really appreciate it. Now I guess all I can do is learn from it and try to prevent it from happening again. I will look into treating the rest of the flock just in case. Although I'm not totally sure what to treat them with/for.

Thank you so much for your help and input! Luckily I don't have a problem with them laying eggs around the yard. They go back to the coop to lay every time.

Yes, my chickens free range in the backyard all day.

Her crop did seem squishy and watery. I think it was sour crop.

**** it. ....She's gone. I went down to feel if she had an egg in her and while I was holding her she threw up. I tried to tip her so that she didn't choke on it. Then she just gave a few small jolts and her eyes went wide and her head slumped over. I set her down to see if I could see if she...

So there is a good chance that I didn't aspirate her then. Cause she is still alive.

So I was reading the sour crop link you posted ten chicks. There is a part about tilting the chick at a 60 degree angle and massaging their throat to get the yucky stuff out of their stomach. It made me remember something that happened earlier. I had her on her back to put the powder on her with...

How can I tell if I aspirated her?