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Also, I have read that sometimes hens will savage chicks that are of a breed they don't like, killing them. My Barred Rock hen, the StepMama, tried to kill this chick after it hatched, pecking it savagely, but I rescued it. I am so glad I did; he's a beauty! But do you suppose the hen may have sensed he was an odd mix of breeds, foreign to her, since we can't even figure out what he is? And he was sized inbetween the Bantie and the part leghorns that hatched, making me think he does have a different Papa than the leghorns.