Surprise Chicks!

[NickiMO]

I have a small flock of 10 hens and 2 roosters. They love to free range around the house and yard, pecking away at the plants, weeds and bugs and I am inclined to allow them their happy life of freedom, putting them away at night in their safely enclosed coup.

One night almost a month ago, one of my hens didn’t return to the coup. I was deeply saddened as I’ve lost chickens to predators before. Wherever she was… she was gone.
Well yesterday, this black copper Maran saunters her proud fluffy butt up to the coup with EIGHT baby chicks following her! OMG! I’ve never been so happy… and unprepared for chick raising!
She is happily quarantined away with her babies now being the best 1st time mama and I now have 8 more floofs to add to the flock!

 

[sourland]

Surprise !

 

[WIchickMama]

LOVE it! Congrats on the babies.

Side note-each person does flock care their own way, but she might be good to be out with the rest of the flock as she came back with the chicks when she felt it was safe and they were old enough. Quarantining might cause problems with integration, or it might be a.o.k.

 

[picklestheduck]

Wow!! Surprise!!

 

[NickiMO]

LOVE it! Congrats on the babies.

Side note-each person does flock care their own way, but she might be good to be out with the rest of the flock as she came back with the chicks when she felt it was safe and they were old enough. Quarantining might cause problems with integration, or it might be a.o.k.

I also have 5 ducks, 3 of which are drakes out in the flock and the 2 roosters so I don’t want to chance it. The chicks are maaaaaaaybe 2-3 days old. If the flock was just hens, I’d probably just let her do her thing. Integration will take some work in the future, for sure!

 

[Mother-Hen-Michele]

Thank you for sharing a happy story