Hi! My chocolate hen is a new mom to 4 of the cutest babies. This is her first time and I'm not sure she has a. clue what to do. She has brought them out of the coop and while they do follow her around they are also quite independent as well. For example they will ignore it if she flies off first thing and they want to eat. She'll go up on the roof and pip at them like "come on up here" or she go off and seem like she goes "crap the kids!" and flies back.
My worry is that it's Feb and we had a cold snap, temp in 30s and snow. I would expect her to let them warm up under her as needed but mostly I see them huddled together and her nearby. They're now almost 2 weeks old, not sure how they've made it this long in the cold. They seem ok, run around after mom, eat, etc. I keep wanting to take them into the house and turn on my electric hen but anytime I get near them they run like heck to mom like she's told them I'm some big monster. What do I do? Should I trust her or step in?
My worry is that it's Feb and we had a cold snap, temp in 30s and snow. I would expect her to let them warm up under her as needed but mostly I see them huddled together and her nearby. They're now almost 2 weeks old, not sure how they've made it this long in the cold. They seem ok, run around after mom, eat, etc. I keep wanting to take them into the house and turn on my electric hen but anytime I get near them they run like heck to mom like she's told them I'm some big monster. What do I do? Should I trust her or step in?