momma chicken

I have one hen in my flock who is raising three babies she hatched herself. She’s raised them for seven weeks now in a crate inside the chicken coop, and I’ve started letting them out to be with the rest of the flock this week. Outside and roaming everyone gets along, but putting them back in...

Thanks everyone for the advice as far as broody hens and such! I thought I’d post a little update. Tuesday night (I was way to tired Monday lol) I set up a pen inside the run connected to a crate. Put the hen in with some eggs-the one I thought was broody wasn’t so went with broody hen number...

Not really sure where to post this, but after I purchased an incubator and set it up, a hen went broody... but then when 2 of her babies hatched she left the rest of the eggs she had gathered, I managed to put them in the incubator, but one was hatching, and had gotten shrinkwrapped, and momma...

Need some help! We have had backyard chickens for three years now. Our one hen gets broody every spring, the first time we tried to break it but then gave up and got her hatching eggs. She was a great mom had a little trouble when the babies first hatched, but then raised them like a pro. We...

so I have a new momma hen with three 3 week old chicks and I’ve separated them into a dog kennel from the rest of the flock. I’ve been letting them out to stretch their legs and wings but the rest of the flock peck at all of them. They pull feathers out from mom and peck at the chicks and...

New baby in the family! This is the intro day with the rest of the flock. The proud papa is Lou, the cochin roo in front. Hatch mommy is Bettina, and egg momma is one of the Whiting True Greens toward the back. She started with 7 eggs but only one baby hatched. Little Chicken is 10 days old in...

I am totally confused about raised hutches and baby chickens falling out when they hatch! Will the newly hatched chicks be able to get out of the nest to eat and drink? It is 3 feet off the ground for easy cleaning. How does someone care for chicks when they are with momma and other flock. I...

I recently got chicks with 2 different broody hens, they are in separate areas with their chicks as of now. My question is whether i can put both mommas and their chicks in the same pen without any issues, and if so is there a certain age for the chicks. The first batch are like 2ish weeks older...

Hi! Long time reader but new member and first time poster because of this issue!! My Wyandotte (bottom of the pecking order) had been broody for two months so we decided to get her some fertile eggs. We gave them to her on June 7th and she has been a dutiful broody ever since. This morning when...