INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Chaos18]

It had been my intention to allow her to raise her chicks... Not kill. I would try to reuse them but she has started caring for her other chicks---- its just the one chick she hurt

Than you can try to reintroduce it in the middle of the night when she's sleeping on the best with the other chicks. But make sure to be there first thing when she wakes up to make sure she doesn't try to kill it again.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: I'm betting she pushes it out of the nest, if she doesn't kill it first.

 

[Iittle Chicken]

Does anyone know why??

 

[Chaos18]

Does anyone know why??

Some hens just aren't good mothers.

 

[Chaos18]

I'm betting she pushes it out of the nest, if she doesn't kill it first.

Highly likely.

 

[Iittle Chicken]

That is such a shame the hen was so dedicated to sitting on those eggs, I had to force feed get as she never left. Now I dont know what to do.... I named the chick Nando. Poor Nando D:
I really need advice what do I do?!
Thank you for helping me

 

[h2oratt]

Does anyone know why??

There maybe something wrong with it. Is it a different color or size?

 

[h2oratt]

That is such a shame the hen was so dedicated to sitting on those eggs, I had to force feed get as she never left. Now I dont know what to do.... I named the chick Nando. Poor Nando D:
I really need advice what do I do?!
Thank you for helping me

Can't you hand raise it? Do you have a brooder?

 

[kwhites634]

Does anyone know why??

Mothers in the animal kingdom Instinctively know when their babies are weak or otherwise compromised, and will often abandon or kill them.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That is such a shame the hen was so dedicated to sitting on those eggs, I had to force feed get as she never left. Now I dont know what to do.... I named the chick Nando. Poor Nando D:
I really need advice what do I do?!
Thank you for helping me

It would be extremely unusual for a hen to need force feeding. Unless you sit there all day long, you don't know if she doesn't come off the nest. They don't necessarily come off every day, but they won't starve themselves to death. When I put a broody in her own apartment with fresh bedding, I can tell how often she comes off to defecate, eat and drink. It is usually once a day but not always.

I haven't been on in a while. What is the problem?