I have two silkie hens with their chicks separated from the rest of the flock. How long till I can let them all free range together again?
The chicks are less than a week old
tia
The chicks are less than a week old
tia
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Hi. There are some replies on the other thread you posted to. You said the chicks were there at 9pm and gone at 6am. There is no way your adult chickens killed and ate the chicks at night, because chickens can't see in the dark. Also, though adult chickens are known to sometimes attack, kill and cannibalize chicks, they don't eat them bones and all. Please go and read the replies on the other thread. A snake or other predator somehow got to your chicks.I lost 2 8 week old chicks that had been in the coop with their mother and 2 other hens since they were hatched. At 8 weeks old the hens (I don’t know which ones as it happened at night or very early morning) killed both chicks and ate them. Nothing but some feathers left. The chick had just started trying to roost with the hens.