We have 3 8-week old chicks, who were hatched and raised by one of our hens (they weren’t her eggs, but she did brilliant with them).
We have our girls free range most of the time, and Mum has had the chicks out with the rest of the flock (which is just 2 other grown up hens) from 2 weeks. So until now they’ve been doing great.
The last two days, Mum has started rejecting her chicks (we I guess is normally at 8 weeks), but particular the one who is rooster….
Up till now, the chicks plus mum have slept in one Omlet coop, and the two big girls in the other… last night, no one would let the rooster chick in and kept chasing him away, so he slept on the perch (in the enclosed run) overnight…
What’s the best plan for him? Should I try to get mum to go back with the big girls, so the 3 young ones can sleep together? Or shall I just keep him out on his own? Sadly, Mum is the one who is chasing him away the most…
We have our girls free range most of the time, and Mum has had the chicks out with the rest of the flock (which is just 2 other grown up hens) from 2 weeks. So until now they’ve been doing great.
The last two days, Mum has started rejecting her chicks (we I guess is normally at 8 weeks), but particular the one who is rooster….
Up till now, the chicks plus mum have slept in one Omlet coop, and the two big girls in the other… last night, no one would let the rooster chick in and kept chasing him away, so he slept on the perch (in the enclosed run) overnight…
What’s the best plan for him? Should I try to get mum to go back with the big girls, so the 3 young ones can sleep together? Or shall I just keep him out on his own? Sadly, Mum is the one who is chasing him away the most…