4 weeks ago, I put a couple day-old chicks under my broody buff Orpington.
She has been raising them beautifully, and they're all in the flock together (they sleep on the floor of the coop, while the rest of the flock sleeps on the roosts).
My questions:
would she accept more chicks at this...
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