Thank you for the compliments on Minnie. I was so fortunate to get this pic of her. She was killed by a dog and never had a chance to brood again. She was an extra special chicken mama.
Luckily they were all out of the nest. Minnie was off prepping for her next brood. I have been lucky that way. I had one hen with a young brood who went lame while still with about month old babies. She manage to recover after about a week, well enough to finish the job. She died shortly after.