I have a 3 year old hen that has been on it's own for about 10 months (our other chook died).
I recently got 3 new babies that were 6 weeks old. For the first week I let the babies out into the chook yard with Lilly (the older chook) during the day and brought them inside at night. Lilly was fine with this and didn't seem too bothered by them.
Tonight the babies are sleeping in the hen house for the first time. They are sleeping together in the low part of the house and Lilly is up on her perch.
Ever since they have been in there (5 hours now) Lilly has stood at the end of the perch just staring at the babies. Is this normal?
This is the first time I've had baby chooks, all my others were older so this is new territory for me....
I recently got 3 new babies that were 6 weeks old. For the first week I let the babies out into the chook yard with Lilly (the older chook) during the day and brought them inside at night. Lilly was fine with this and didn't seem too bothered by them.
Tonight the babies are sleeping in the hen house for the first time. They are sleeping together in the low part of the house and Lilly is up on her perch.
Ever since they have been in there (5 hours now) Lilly has stood at the end of the perch just staring at the babies. Is this normal?
This is the first time I've had baby chooks, all my others were older so this is new territory for me....