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5 chicks Playing together, younger 3 don’t quite keep up the the 2 week olds. I put the roost ladder we made last year for the new...

We are in a holding pattern as we wait on Broody #3 next egg hatch the week of the 16th

Broody #3 stepped on an egg, so she now has 5, #1 &2 are under the nesting box / brooder area, when I had DH make it I was hoping that...

well she started with 6, she stepped on #6, but 3 is enough

3 outta 4 aint bad.

Ok, all 3 eggs hatched #4 was a rotten dud-- it stunk so Mamma #2 has 3 chicks

I had a bantam hen that would run off the neighbors peacock when it came in the yard, if she had chicks. One bad momma.

🐣 #2 Made it out #3 is peeping loudly and working on it Rooster was investigating

Broody#3 on the right New Mama #2 on the left

One hatched, 2 are cracking, Rooster has figured out what is going on, 😛

All well! Broody#2 has 3 of 4 🥚 s peeping the one not peeping is dated the 19th so it’s early, Mamma#1 has explored the coop with the...

Yep! the broody's are fearless; little red mamma took on #2 today, #2 was butting in on the mothering while she was supposed to getting...

A good broody/momma hen is fearless!! They will jump right into the face of a predator -- or supposed threat -- as if they were a...

sounds like chicken soup is in her future... :(

‼️BUT THEN~~ later in the afternoon, I took her off te nest to get water ,,, then took Broody !2 out of her pin to eat,drink, ,,, #3...