This mama hen won't send her chicks away, at 7 weeks now (pics)

[RHRanch]

Don't worry - one day soon she will just "ditch" them! lol

 

[ninabeast]

This reminds me of that joke that, if a child is old enough to ask to be breastfed, he's too old to have it!

 

[NHchicks]

Haha - so great to hear everyone's stories. So funny that even chicken moms have a hard time letting go sometimes.

BTW, in the first picture it does look like a "mini-me" but these chickens aren't even related - I didn't have a rooster and bought some barnyard mix eggs - 5 hatched out of 6.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Great mommzy!

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy's baby, TG is getting close to 2-3 m/o and he still follows her around sleeps under her...

Oh, and did I mention he will attack you if you come near his momma, I thought it was supposed to be the other way around?

He also mounts her...he needs help!

~ Aspen

 

[andalusn]

My broody will start to peck at the chicks at about 2.5 months old over food. They get the hint and break the bond

This was just before she decided they were old enough to fend for themselves. These hatched last Nov just before the holiday ... there were 16.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

mine is doing the same thing right now. they are seven weeks old and she still sets on them! sheesh. CUT THE UMBILICAL CORD! erm...albumen?

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Quote:
*DIES*