ihatedarkroast
Songster
I got the hatch date wrong! I thought it would start tomorrow, and I wasn't ready! I had this feeling I should check on them today and found 1 chick alive, and 1 chick squished to death. Then a couple hours later, found a second chick in there. I have two broodies hatching nests at once. They stubbornly insisted on sharing 1 nest, and that's how a chick got smooshed. So, in order to give the hens more room, I had to separate them. I have the chick squisher mama hen in a dog kennel now with some of her eggs. Right now they are in with the flock, so I think tonight I'm gonna attempt to move the rest of the flock to the pen I used for turkeys last year. I do not have the time or patience to fight the rooster every time I go check on the chicks and eggs. I just got home from work. I bet more chicks hatched while I was gone. Gonna take a peek and update later.