I went away for the weekend before my two new 6 week old chicks were fully integrated. When I returned it was reported that Marble killed one of them. She was fine with the other one until she also passed unexpectedly a year later. The current chicks are 9 weeks and they give her a wide berth. I...
I have 6 birds, three adults and 3, 9 week old chicks. My indoor coop space is 5 x 9 and my outside run is 21 x 10. (see pics)
I was down to one hen (Barred Rock) so I bought two 12 week old Cochins about 6 months ago. The lowest in the pecking order went broody and I let her raise three chicks...