That is so sad...Get it covered. I lost my first peahen because she decided to make her nest out in the open. I found her apparently drowned after a night of thunderstorms with torrential downpours. She was still on the nest and the eggs were still safe under her, but they were almost submerged in water and she was just dead, no injuries I could find. That was when I quit letting hens decide where to nest.
You have to shepherd them and teach them where not to go once they leave the coup area, i can't believe they left that area so fast without older peas to show them the way, mine took months for the first batch to leave the coup area the next batches left much faster but still not as fast as your did, where did they go anyway?The last time I let then out! They didn't come home for4 days!
Ain't that cool, funny how some get eye feathers like that, Patch has 2 and a few other last years hatch also have a couple.
First night they went up the road then they went to a large wooded area across the road . There we chased then for 3 hours! They showed up at their pen 3 days laterYou have to shepherd them and teach them where not to go once they leave the coup area, i can't believe they left that area so fast without older peas to show them the way, mine took months for the first batch to leave the coup area the next batches left much faster but still not as fast as your did, where did they go anyway?
Get it covered. I lost my first peahen because she decided to make her nest out in the open. I found her apparently drowned after a night of thunderstorms with torrential downpours. She was still on the nest and the eggs were still safe under her, but they were almost submerged in water and she was just dead, no injuries I could find. That was when I quit letting hens decide where to nest.
I'm awfully sorry about your hen.Did the babies live?
