bitties

[HOTONE]

I have a hen that hatched 5 bitties a few weeks back....we now have another hen who hatched bitties about 3 weeks ago....can i put mama with new chicks into the coop with the older chicks as long as i remove the older mama from there...will new mama attack the older chicks?

 

[donrae]

How old are the first batch?

I've not had good luck with hens tolerating other babies if they have chicks of their own, but those have usually been hatched within a week of each other (cause they all want to go broody at the same time, ya know. Apparently it's what the cool kids are doing). If you need the space, etc, I'd say give it a try and just be alert to pull the momma out if she gets aggressive with the chicks that aren't hers.