My RIR hen goes broody serveral times a yr. This last time I gave her 4 eggs, only 2 were fertile & for the last 4 days I have been letting her out to free range during the day with her 2 chicks & she has been doing a wonderful job with them even putting herself & the chicks up at night in their dog crate seperate from the coop.
Tonight we went out to dinner & came home at dusk to see the 2 chicks in the yard & no momma!! She was in the coop, on the roost, with the rest of the chickens. So I am wondering has she abandoned them for good or if I let her see them in the morning will she pick up were she left off??
If she still wants nothing to do with them I am thinking about taking the dog crate out of the workshop & put it in the coop with my 12wk olds so the group could get acquainted. I just was not ready for her to abandon them like this!!!!
Tonight we went out to dinner & came home at dusk to see the 2 chicks in the yard & no momma!! She was in the coop, on the roost, with the rest of the chickens. So I am wondering has she abandoned them for good or if I let her see them in the morning will she pick up were she left off??
If she still wants nothing to do with them I am thinking about taking the dog crate out of the workshop & put it in the coop with my 12wk olds so the group could get acquainted. I just was not ready for her to abandon them like this!!!!
