Omigosh, you won't believe this. Isaac was chasing Bandit! We put the two broodies in the main coop with their respective babies last night. They've been ranging with the flock just fine. Well, this morning when DH went in to do the coop chores, Isaac was chasing little Bandit, just 9 weeks old, all over the coop! Hawkeye nor Dutch would have dreamed of doing that to a chick. Not sure why he was doing it, but it's not acceptable at all. Today, we will move the two broodies with babies into the old ladies coop, which has only six hens in there, four of which have raised babies in the past. There's no rooster to contend with and Lexie and Reba never pay attention to kids around here at all, so they'll be safer in there and the feeder is low and contains a mix of layer crumble and chick starter anyway. Only two hens of the six are even laying. Amazing.
This morning we put blue boy and Bandit into the Firetower to get some food and water without harrassment, but Nora literally wailed her heart out. It was pitiful! So, I'm delaying their rehoming till Nora and Panda are less stressed by their babies' absences.