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  1. deborah

    Mother hen starting laying eggs, while still mothering her 4-week old chicks!

    Looks like she abandoned them today. Last year we had another 1-year old go broody and she abandoned her chicks around 4 weeks. She hasn't gone broody this year. I kind of hope this happens with Lacey. We have 3 older hens (4 and 5 years old) that have gone broody every year since they were...
  2. deborah

    Mother hen starting laying eggs, while still mothering her 4-week old chicks!

    Lacey hatched 4 chicks on 07/17/15. We put her and her chicks in a chicken tractor much longer than we usually do because we've had 4 broody hens this year and Lacy is only 1 year old; low in the pecking order. We wanted to avoid her getting into fights with other hens; especially other...
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