Mama and her Valentine’s Week chicks made their first visit to the run this sunny warm weekend!! First time mama who hatched 2 of her 3 eggs on February 16 & 18th is doing great with chipmunk and #2 who we think are babes from each of our roosters.
We had to rehome the Roos on Valentine’s Day...
No I think you mis understand. We did not move her until after she moved off the nest. I found her in the nesting box next to the one she has been in for 3 wks. She had 4 eggs. 3 were cold and 1 was hatched and dead. That was at 3:30... because that happened we decided just to go and move...
I posted yesterday about moving a broody hen and her eggs.
we were off yesterday was day 21 on egg 1. At 12:30 she was on the eggs. At 3:30 I found her moved over a nesting box and Easter egger in her box. The eggs were cold to touch and there was a chick.
I removed the chick and egg and...
We have three hens. 2 silkies 1 Easter egger. All about 10 months old. Silkie is broody and about three weeks in on 4 eggs (she started with 5 we were sure one was a dud and removed that 1).
she seems serious. She exits the coop into the run 1x a day. First thing with the other girls...