Chicken Little is so good...

[edster951]

I read in an online auction site about someone giving away two light sussex chicks (roos), 4 weeks old.

Hey...they same age as mine, and no incest. No interbreeding.

I got them home, let chicken little and her 10 chicks out for a feed and dropped the new roos out of the box.

They mixed in immediately. They did look around for thier mom, cheeping a bit, but my chicks ignored them.

Chicken Little looked sideways at them, as if to say, "My you've grown".

The two in the front..

After 30 minutes I put them back into thier run and watched them again until they ALL went to bed.

Top middle, and on the roost.

Standing on Chicken Little, "Are you my new mommy?"

This morning all are eating and wandering around as if they have always been part of the flock.

 

[silkiechicken]

Momma hens make it the easiest to integrate!

 

[lyndatu]

I like broody mother hens!

Is there any other breed that is broody aside from silkies?

 

[edster951]

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My Maran has gone broody twice in 8 months.

 

[Mac]

My bantam cochin has been broody for two months. Just this week she stopped. Finally. Hopefully thats the end of it for a while.

Mac

 

[IHeartChickens]

Awww. Those pics are so sweet! I'm glad the mixing went so well. Thanks for sharing.

 

[lyndatu]

I wonder....when do hens get broody?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...........

 

[BarkerChickens]

As a kid, my mom had a banty who was so broody that she would collect rocks and sit on them!

 

[edster951]

renovated thier coup for them so I could move it around like a tractor.

She sat patiently waiting.

One of the new adopted roos is seen in the front under her wing.

 

[SloCrevs]

I had my serama pullet go broody for about a week. She has not laid any eggs yet, but she went broody, go figure. Also, I find that bantam cochins go broody very well*tis how I always won w/ my buff hen, she was always broody so her boots were in perfect condition*. Also, my D'uccle broods a lot. And she is very defensive. I can deal with her, but she attacks my stepmom's hand whenever she comes near and she's brooding. It's hilarious.