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they'reHISchickens :
Our chicks that hatched Monday/Tuesday have a new mommy!
One of our black orps wants to brood so I thought... what have we got to lose? We really don't have enough coops to hand raise this bunch and was going to put them up for sale. This morning I slipped a chick under her to see what would happen.
Chick snuggled under her quietly.
An hour later all is still going well so I placed the 4 FBCMs under. Left them food and water right in front of mama.
4 hours later all is well so I ask Him : Do you want to keep that splash orp chick? Mama splash orp keeled over in the last heat wave. Good hen, great layer, He says yes. Splash chick goes under her too.
So mama is happy. She is talking to them and mashing up the chick food for them. Hopefully they will bond to her and listen to her. She will integrate them into the flock properly and that's another headache gone
And we still have 5 EE chicks left to sell. Have to go thru my email list!
The mom hen mashes up the food for the baby? I so want a broody hen to watch with babies. I have bantams now, I think it may happen.
Our chicks that hatched Monday/Tuesday have a new mommy!
One of our black orps wants to brood so I thought... what have we got to lose? We really don't have enough coops to hand raise this bunch and was going to put them up for sale. This morning I slipped a chick under her to see what would happen.
Chick snuggled under her quietly.
An hour later all is still going well so I placed the 4 FBCMs under. Left them food and water right in front of mama.
4 hours later all is well so I ask Him : Do you want to keep that splash orp chick? Mama splash orp keeled over in the last heat wave. Good hen, great layer, He says yes. Splash chick goes under her too.
So mama is happy. She is talking to them and mashing up the chick food for them. Hopefully they will bond to her and listen to her. She will integrate them into the flock properly and that's another headache gone

And we still have 5 EE chicks left to sell. Have to go thru my email list!
The mom hen mashes up the food for the baby? I so want a broody hen to watch with babies. I have bantams now, I think it may happen.
