Blue Silkie Bantam is 6 months old and goes broody. Only fertile eggs we have segregated are full size Sussex so what the hell. Sure enough, day 20, all 4 hatched and 3 have made it, on Easter Day of all days. What a hoot! But now I'm surfing to determine if I should move the hen and her chicks to an isolated area. 28 other bantams, hens and roosters in the coop and I knew something was up when they all wouldn't come out into the run on one of the nicest days we had, in...forever. But do I leave them in the coop? Some of those roosters are darn right mean. So I'm thinking of using another area and building her a segregated area to raise those chicks in peace.
Any advice?
p.s. We have a Bantam Red Pile broody also. Got two fertile Sussex eggs under her too. Twenty... 2 week old chicks in the mud room from Murray McMurray and 41 harvested Sussex eggs in the incubator. Pretty soon, FREE protein, no refrigeration needed. Preppin"
Any advice?
p.s. We have a Bantam Red Pile broody also. Got two fertile Sussex eggs under her too. Twenty... 2 week old chicks in the mud room from Murray McMurray and 41 harvested Sussex eggs in the incubator. Pretty soon, FREE protein, no refrigeration needed. Preppin"
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