Awesome maybe I will try that this time I didn't handle the other babies a whole lot when we first got them and I can only pet a couple of them so I will for sure try that out!! Thank you!
Good news on mama hen lemon this morning when I woke up whatever was under her eye is gone I think she scratched it off but either way her eye looks great now I'm so relieved she is such a rockin awesome mom I'm so proud of her!!!!!
We saw the hawk the other day and she flew about 30 feet up in the air and was fighting it luckily we have several decks and a lot of brush the babies can hide in. It seems she can open the eye but most of the time she has it closed. However she hasn't lost a single baby and our rooster comes to...
My hen lemon just had 12 babies and we let them free run as she doesn't like being kept in the coop with the babies they are 3 weeks old she is a very good mama but has been attacked by a hawk after her babies her eye is almost swollen shut what should I do?
Well I guess we will find out soon I did a recount and it was 24 but so far we have two adorable chicks and they hatched three days early so hoping the rest will hatch soon she is doing very well she was very good and turning all eggs and several times she let her sister hen sit with her anyway...
It just so happened that I had some eggs in an incubator and the day the first one hatched I spent all day with it of course and when I went to shut the chickens up that night lemon was in the nest that night and has been there ever since so I knew exactly what day she started sitting and she...
I'm so excited my silkie mix breed is gonna be a mama she is sitting on about 27 eggs so nov 8th we will have babies super stoked wanted to share a pic of my precious mama doing her job!!
Yes I have a brooder all set up and ready to go I actually have two sister hens sitting on the same nest together. I read that this can happen sometimes they have about 25 to 27 eggs they are sitting on so November 8th I should have some babies YAY!!!!!
I'm so excited to say after failed attempts at incubation I finally have a broody hen actually two are sitting on the eggs they are sisters and I read they will raise they clutch together so I'm hoping they will they are sitting on about 25 eggs so super excited!!!!!