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You have to try and look at from the hens perspective . She's been sitting on eggs, half starved herself and up pops a peep
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. When chickens are curious they peck at things. Lets just hope it doesn't become too aggressive . Chicks naturally dive for cover under mum and that gives her a little more time to become accustomed to the little ones moving around under her. Keep an eye on things and only intervene if you have to.
 
Frampton said:
Just to add to the last one, 3 of my 4 children got to watch the chick hatch. They are only ages 3 (twins boy and girl) and 2, but it seemed to have a big impact as they kept telling me Sue was having a baby like mommy had baby Lukey! Luke is 7 months old.
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You can't put a price on the lessons of life you are teaching your little ones. 4 babies under the age of 4 , wow you could teach Sue a few things about motherhood.
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I remember the first night after we got home with the twins, the wife and I were scared and didn't what to do or where to turn. I guess Sue must have been in a similar position. Too bad she had to kill the little thing, but hopefully things go better with the other three, (possible four) chicks
 
So I got home and checked on them before it got too dark tonight. Sue now has 3 new chicks! One is a yellow ball of fuzz, one looks like it could be a racer with a center yellow streak and 2 dark brown race strips down the sides of it head and one looks like her. The one that looks like her I found quite a distance from her and it was cold. Still peeping and moving so I moved it closer to momma and it crawled under her breast and Sue seemed ok with it. Also the other 2 were very lively running in and out from underneath her. I thought I could hear another peep from under her but I wasn't positive. There were 4 eggs in total. I will try getting pics on Wednesday as I am working again tomorrow.
 

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