Bored, tired, and done!

[Jewels1935]

Mama Silkie is laying again, and since her first egg, she has nothing to do with her brood anymore. The chicks will be 4 weeks Sunday. When she's outside with them, she ignores their peeps, and runs away from them!

I guess in human yrs, they're 18?

 

[HEChicken]

Oh, that's so sad. My Mama Hen stayed with her brood until they were 15 weeks old. By then they barely noticed that she had left them and they are so much a part of the flock - albeit junior members - that it doesn't seem to really matter.

 

[sourland]

She may be bored and tired, but she's not done. Give her about 2 or 3 weeks and she will start the broody process all over again.

 

[Jewels1935]

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Yeah, but she's happy, and the babies are so big they don't fit under her small body anymore

They pounce her, and peck her a lot. She's not mean to them, she will still show them food, but she likes to sleep with the other hens at night. I just bring the babies in.

 

[Jewels1935]

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I know right! She lays an egg a day, but I collect every day. She was an awesome mother, and would def. allow a spring hatch.

 

[SallyF]

I have an Ameraucana mix who raises at least one brood a year, and she always mothers her chicks until they are almost as big as she is, much longer than 4 weeks. I guess different hens have different mothering instincts.

 

[sager:)silkies]

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my silkie moma is still with her chicks and they are 7 weeks old

 

[Tripp16]

Gosh! I can't believe your little ones are going to be 4 weeks old! I bet they're huge! Haha

Any pictures of the little ones?

I hope mine will lay and go broody as much as everyone say silkies do.

Praying I have a few hens!