My broody hen has been very good at sitting on her eggs, and after being away for the weekend I came home to two lovely chicks. Then today, two more hatched, but nether survived, one had a splayed leg, and one seemed premature. And then this evening, one of the healthy chicks just died in the nest. I don't know why, the only thing that I can think of is that it somehow got crushed by the hen; but I really don't know. So now there's only one chick, and one still hatching, but I'm worried that I'm going to lose those as well. Can anyone think of anything I can do? I'm feeling really sad at this point, and also a bit guilty, as the hatch has been a bit staggered which was my fault and maybe that was the problem? As she's been a bit restless on the nest, and I've been encouraging her to stay?
