Well this is basically what the title says. She ate her chicks head off. Sorry for the gruesome details but I’m so upset. She hatched the egg. Had been sitting on it for a while and here it is head gone dead in front of her.
So why did she do this? She was a first time mom.
Could I have...
Three nights for a bully hen, right? Our older flock consists of eight hens and a year-old rooster who has just earned his spurs, so to speak. The younger flock is 14 weeks old and yes, we did integrate them a little early by a couple of weeks but for the most part it's going well. The chicklets...