My post isn't about taking care of the chicks, but to keep the others safe from hawks. We had lost a couple of hens to hawks, too. Then I found that they have certain times of hunting. Their main hunting time is 12 noon to 3pm. We have an enclosed run at the end of our coop which protects them...
Chickens are really smart and easy to train, even easier than dogs. When our chicks were big enough to barely climb up or down to the coop from the run, we helped them up and down to the coop at dusk to show them what to do. We only had to do that two nights. That was 4 years ago, and they all...