chick integration

Hi all, first time poster so let me know if there is anything extra I need to add. I have been keeping bantam chickens for a few years now but have only recently started hatching eggs. My first clutch last year was hatched by a broody hen and I had no issues, she was a perfect mum who...

Hi all, I'm looking for some feedback. I have one rescue hen, Lacey, that I found and nursed back to health a few months back. She is now doing well in her coop, laying almost daily, though she is lonely as she is the only one. A month ago I purchased 4 little easter-egger chicks that were just...

At least one of my 2 eggs have hatched, either last night or early this morning. I have a make shift nest box with food and water inside a dog crate. I know the chicks will be able to fit through the bars. When do I take the crate away? I figure I will leave the box for sleeping since they need...

Hi all! I wanted to share my journey, hear from others and discuss about my chick integration to the flock. I have followed different ideas behind articles like this one: short-on-time-recycle-a-prefab-brooder The whole raising set up: From week 1 to week 3 chicks were staying inside the house...

Recently one of my hens hatched an egg, and has been raising the chick in the company of our other 2 hens. The chick is now about 6 weeks old, however, I wonder about the flock acceptance of the new arrival. The mother hen has been making the "mothering cluck" before she hatched, but recently...

My coop has just been renovated and is ready to welcome some inhabitants. Someone gave me 3 three week old EE chicks to start with, but I want to add a few more chicken breeds to get a colorful egg basket. To that end I plan to buy some Silkies and hopefully trigger that much-talked about (and...

So we're brand new to the chicken world. My husband and I have 2 outgoing Saphire Gems, 1 Americana that has quite the personality, and a very shy, timid Buff Orpington. All are 7-8 weeks old. Sugar, our Buff, gets pushed around by the other girls. She spends all her time trying to get away from...

Ok, where to start... My family recently decided to get backyard chickens, and got out first flock of four pullets on March 30th. It has been not even 2 weeks and we are now down to two... kind of. Our EE chick was quickly found to have a really horrible cross beak, and thanks to the help of a...

Hello! A bit of a long story here, but the bottom line question is that we have a 2 week old orphan silkie and I want to get her a friend but the only option is another 2 week chick from a neighbor who has already imprinted on a mother hen. Is this going to work? I tried to get our broody hen...

Our hen was broody all winter! It was too cold in our area for baby chicks and we couldn’t find any. She was sitting in her eyes, super protective and her feather ballooned out. We made the mistake of not leaving the eggs in the coop. My husband went out with the kids and came back with three...