This is happening to me right now....6 hens taking care of 3 sets of chics....sharing them.....they were broody together for weeks until babies hatched....and still share small space (2 hens together with chics at nighttime...they are foraging at 4 days old now in the pasture...rooster is...
So many people want them so we could never have too many....the number of visitors we have at the house has multiplied and somehow they all just happen to have extra egg cartons in their car!
An update....did what you said and also pulled her neck out strait and held it...she is eating and her neck has been strait for two hours now...she rejoined the others...i am watching her dillegently..again..thank you
Found our hen tonight with wry neck...she was broody and we just got her 3 chicks two days ago...they were still sleeping under her even though her neck was thrown back and moving like Stevie Wonder....we moved the chicks to the other hen with chicks and will check early in the morn to see if...
I am new to chickens and have multiple breeds - three different kinds of leghorns included....all of the leghorns have been drastically smaller than the other breeds the same age...good thing they learn how to dash in and out between the others legs in order to get to the food....they have ninja...