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Placing layer feed high enough for my mother hen to reach, but too high for the babies to reach just did not work with my broody's first clutch.
Those resourceful baby chicks would fly up onto Momma's back, and then eat her feed when she stood near the higher layer feed bowl.
I ended up feeding Momma the same chick starter feed the babies ate for the first three weeks after the babies hatchings, and then she was ready to leave them and join the rest of her cohort group after that.
Placing layer feed high enough for my mother hen to reach, but too high for the babies to reach just did not work with my broody's first clutch.
Those resourceful baby chicks would fly up onto Momma's back, and then eat her feed when she stood near the higher layer feed bowl.
I ended up feeding Momma the same chick starter feed the babies ate for the first three weeks after the babies hatchings, and then she was ready to leave them and join the rest of her cohort group after that.
