I have two hens. White hen started brooding, was kicked off the nest by Grey hen, so she set up another nest. There's about 20 eggs under Grey, 4 hatched about 3 days ago, another hatched today and was booted out of the nest (or let to tumble away from it, either way Grey didn't care for it.)
So my first question is, will Grey keep hatching these eggs much longer? I'm going on a trip and my substitute chicken tender can't manage watching after any possible rejected chicks that could hatch while I'm away.
Next question is, should I put this rejected baby under White hen or back under the Grey one? Will that make White hen reject chicks that hatch after this one?
So my first question is, will Grey keep hatching these eggs much longer? I'm going on a trip and my substitute chicken tender can't manage watching after any possible rejected chicks that could hatch while I'm away.
Next question is, should I put this rejected baby under White hen or back under the Grey one? Will that make White hen reject chicks that hatch after this one?