Hen broody in the shavings bag CHICK PICS

[petunias212]

sweet pic - nothing like a mama hen with her chicks...

 

[juliechick]

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Aw, I'm glad! Hope your day gets better.

 

[Gypsy07]

Awww, lovely pics. But is that a very small hen, or a very big chick?
Or just a deceiving camera angle perhaps?

 

[mlove]

So sweet!

 

[toby5]

too sweet

 

[juliechick]

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It's a very small hen. They lay pretty big eggs for their size. I always wonder where they keep them.

 

[Larkin]

Are you planning on moving them out of their shavings condo to a better location? I'm curious what other people do when they hatch out in less than perfect places.

 

[juliechick]

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I moved her when I was sure nothing else would hatch. She was fine with it. I did have a hen once that went crazy trying to get back to the nest and almost stomped her chicks. This one seems a little smarter, though. She's all about taking care of the babies, no matter where she is.

 

[Larkin]

So the reason I was curious is because I let our EE stay in her nesting box til one of the babies hatched this morning! I had to go out and make up a spot for her to finish the rest of her eggs and take care of her baby and one I set in there, rejected from it's mother. So she sits, confined with food and water and protected from the other hens who are outside enjoying the melting snow.

Congrats on your beauty of a chick by the way!