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Congratulations to Sue - hope she continues to be a good mom.

Layer feed is far too high in calcium for growing young birds, it will cause kidney damage if eaten too long. Pick up a chick feed (I do prefer medicated) for your babies and Sue to eat. Good luck.
 
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They are so precious!! Congratulations!!!
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Just a quick update, I am working a weekend of nights and should actually be sleeping right now. Sue and her 3 chicks are doing awesome. They spend a lot under her and they always coming running out to see who is peaking in on them. Sue is still super defensive and still sitting a lot but she has moved from the front of the coop door back into her little nest that she normally keeps. How long will she be like that? Someone has offered us some roosters for free, so I was thinking about getting one. I have 2 concerns about this 1. He doesn't do well with the chicks if I let them in the coop together and 2 If Sue is still broody someone told me that she will be receptive to a roo and try to have another batch of chicks which I don't want right now until the new chicks have grown larger. I have a buddy who can hang on to the roo if I need to house it somewhere for a few weeks. Any thoughts on the introduction of the rooster?
 
A new roo at this time would probably " upset the applecart ". As a rule I try to keep momma and babes separate for the first few weeks. My Roos don't harm the babies, but they do tend to get rumbled in the pursuit of mating. Sue is doing a fine job, she knows that they are vulnerable , so she will keep them close. I found 2 x little partridge silkies hatched yesterday when we got home from a horse event.
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I agree, I wouldn't get a rooster either. Not only would he upset the current situation, he would also overmate just one hen. Maybe one of your chicks turns out to be a rooster and you might want to keep him?
 
Roosters have been known to kill chicks. You want them almost the same size as momma before bringing in any new birds. 3 months old would be ideal before adding more adult birds, but sometimes you can get away with 2 months old.
 
The roosters are 2 eskal oilers and 2 penedesenca's. They were destined to the chopping block if we didn't take them. I guess I will have to quickly construct some type of habitat for these until I can figure out what I am going to do with them.
 
I quickly cleaned out another small building that I have on the property and the 4 fellows are in there. This morning I need to figure out where to put the rototiller and the gas generator. First morning in a couple of months that we woke up to roosters crowing. Kind of funny..
 

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