I have two hens raising six 2-week old chicks. The hens left the coop with the chicks when they were about a week old but haven't gone back in since. They hunker down in the space under the coop at night. I wasn't too worried about it until the weather turned cold these last few days and the...
After three failed attempts with several broody hens this summer, one hen finally managed to hatch a single egg today, and the chick is adorable. Dottie is a buff brahma/buff orpington cross (bred by two chickens I started raising three years ago). I raised Dottie and her 3 siblings when they...