AltonaAcres
Crowing
- Jan 13, 2019
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Hey y'all! I'm back from my trip. Anyways, you may remember me asking about caring for a broody hen, and.............while I was gone my broody made her grand reappearance with 6 chicks! Now, there are 5 chicks, because my little cousins got to them while I was gone. But, I was just wondering, they all seem super healthy, but the mommy Penelope seems to spend a lot of her time sitting on her babies. Is that normal that she sits on them so much? Or is she sick and lethargic? She probably sits on them 2-3 times in the 1 and a half hour period I am doing chores. I know chicks need to be warm/rest a lot, but I was just curious. We do have a few cases of Mareks in our flock, so I just want to be sure she's ok. They are all eating/drinking/pooping, and none are limping. Thanks!