I have 3 lovely geese: one boy two girls. The girl set on some eggs and they have hatched. In this pen are many mallards and two pekens *sp along with the geese. I have a kiddie pool for them to swim in. The babies cannot reach it yet though and this is the main water source in the pen. If I...
I've heard that if you keep the hen in a dark place and in a small space and let her out 2 times per day to go to the bathroom, you could bring on the broodiness. you might try it for a few days and if it works great!
I have a bunch of babies in the brooder box and this is what I do. It's alot of work but it ensures I keep most of the babies healthy. I change the newspaper at least 4 times a day the first week. You must remove all the babies from the brooder box, remove the paper, put fresh paper down and...
Thank you so much. I'll rest easier tonight. The chicks are about a week older than the others in there but they took to each other like ducks to water. I saw one of the four peelin dry poop off a baby chicks hind end. I liked that. And they'll teach them what their mom has taught them for...
I have had 2 hens go broody. When the first one hatched out she had 4 babies. I put her in a new coop in a lil house for her and the chicks. Then the next one hatched out. She had one. I moved the first mom and put the new mom in the old mom's house. I made a new house for the first mom...
I have had 2 hens go broody. When the first one hatched out she had 4 babies. I put her in a new coop in a lil house for her and the chicks. Then the next one hatched out. She had one. The rest did not hatch. I moved the first mom and put the new mom in the old mom's house. I made a new...