chicken-rooquacks
Chirping
- Aug 18, 2017
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it's been a week and my broody hen won't move at all. she has one chick underneath her, the other eggs did not hatch & i removed them 2 days after the first one hatched. At first i thought the other chickens were bothering her and she was scared to leave the nest, so 2 days ago i put her in a large brooder by herself with the baby chick underneath her, no eggs, and no nest. She still hasn't moved in 24 hours. she eats & drinks once a day, as if she's still sitting. I have to keep placing food & water/grogel under or right next to the hen for the baby chick to eat and drink because the hen won't show it food. The hen is however very motherly towards the chick and accepts it, no aggression whatsoever, she just is treating it like it's an egg. as suggested by a neighboring farmer, i tried sitting the hen in some cold water & then returning her back to the chick, that did not correct things. it's been 4.5 weeks since the hen first went broody & i fear the hen will die and then her weight will squash the chick. but i don't want to over-react because i know that sometimes does more harm than good. so i'm being patient and trying not to interfere with any drastic measures. Any suggestions?
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