Yay, updates!
Helen’s chicks are now 10.5 weeks old, Prudence’s are 9.5 weeks. Helen’s three are all boys. Prudence lost another chick at four weeks, probably a juvenile hawk that killed, ate a little, lost its nerve and flew off, though I’m not beyond believing our adolescent Tom turkey the culprit. Prudence has a boy, a girl and a third that I can’t decide upon. It’s the white chuck pictured alone.
Helen’s are the three in front. The yellow chick in back is male, the dark one female.
Helen went back to the nest and began laying as soon as she abandoned her chicks at 3.5 weeks. Prudence seldom notices her chicks now and has been roosting without them for a couple weeks, but so far I have not seen her on a nest.
Since then, I've had two more broodies. Marshmallow hatched three chicks who are now three weeks old. Yzma hid a nest of 11 eggs from me. I let her try because she was a naked neck and the eggs all hers and potentially good sales, but she was barely 21 weeks when she began to sit and after two weeks, she gave up and I chose not to try to incubate them. Hopefully I'm all done for the year!
Helen’s chicks are now 10.5 weeks old, Prudence’s are 9.5 weeks. Helen’s three are all boys. Prudence lost another chick at four weeks, probably a juvenile hawk that killed, ate a little, lost its nerve and flew off, though I’m not beyond believing our adolescent Tom turkey the culprit. Prudence has a boy, a girl and a third that I can’t decide upon. It’s the white chuck pictured alone.
Helen’s are the three in front. The yellow chick in back is male, the dark one female.
Helen went back to the nest and began laying as soon as she abandoned her chicks at 3.5 weeks. Prudence seldom notices her chicks now and has been roosting without them for a couple weeks, but so far I have not seen her on a nest.
Since then, I've had two more broodies. Marshmallow hatched three chicks who are now three weeks old. Yzma hid a nest of 11 eggs from me. I let her try because she was a naked neck and the eggs all hers and potentially good sales, but she was barely 21 weeks when she began to sit and after two weeks, she gave up and I chose not to try to incubate them. Hopefully I'm all done for the year!
I lost this thread way back then! 
