Thank you all so much for all your help and support during the vigil and afterwards. I would have been completely lost without you. It is really impressive that there were people all over the country coaching me with their experience and wisdom.
Hopefully, next time I'll be more competent at least.
THere are 3 eggs left under the hen. A few days ago, I found a dead chick half under her, so I wonder if there are other problems. I'm hoping the rest are ok.
I only have a flock of 4, 3 hens and a roo, so I'm keeping everything small.
The hen is now in a brooding coop, on her own. I have a question about bedding for chicks, assuming the rest of the eggs hatch successfully. I have heard that I can't use straw for bedding for chicks because they can't walk through it. I use cedar shavings for the coop usually but I've read that chicks eat wood shavings, get impacted, and die. Is this true? People around here I've asked say they have used wood shavings. I put the hen on straw, since that's what she's used to in the nesting boxes, but changed it for crushed corn cobs. She refused to use it, so I ended up putting some straw on top to make it familiar for her.
Should I change it? What do you use?
Thanks again!
