introducing chicks to broody hen

  1. S

    Slipped two chicks under a broody hen…now what? Afraid flock will kill them or broody won’t protect…

    Hey all, I have a broody girl and decided to try slipping a couple of babies under her. She sat there with them underneath her for 20 minutes without acknowledging. I closed off our little raised coop, and they’ve been poking around, eating, and drinking. Broody has remained in her nesting box...
  2. Gobekli Pepe

    Is It Too Late to Give a Mother Hen More Chicks?

    So I had a broody 3 year old black australorp, and I gave her some eggs to hatch. She did and is doing a great job, hatched 3 of them back on the 18th. Trouble is, I don't like to bother my broodies often, whether they have eggs to hatch or not. So I didn't notice that another bird laid some...
  3. StephanieZo

    Introducing chicks to first time broody mom?

    We just recieved 2 chicks on Wednesday by mail from a hatchery. They were hatched on Monday. Our 4 year old Buff Orpington all of a sudden decided to go broody for the very first time on Friday! Our plan was to raise the chicks in a brooder and then introduce them to our flock of 4. Now we are...
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