Broody hen and chicks

Clodill4rel

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Mar 16, 2022
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Hey there so I have our wonderful hen kiwi she’s a silky and hatched out 7 chicks. We have placed our 6 day younger incubator chicks cooped next door able to see them nicely (we have 16) We did this a week and half after they were born and things have been totally good except for yest. The chicks are about 19 days and 25 days old and our broody hen is getting upset and trying to attack them Thru the fence enough to where she cut her beak! She also today attacked two of her own chicks she hatched! Is this normal? Part of the pecking order things coming ? Or is it the fact we have the other chicks next to them? When do we introduce them to each other and will this be a continued pecking order until they all just get along? Any advice would be greatly appreciated
 
Am I suppose to take kiwi our broody and return her to the original coop with our other hens or leave her with her chicks?
 
I don't know why the hen would be acting this way.

But given how the hen is acting, I would probably put all the chicks in one pen and put the hen back in the coop with the other adults. That should keep everybody safe.
 

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