Do chickens know what the sex of other chickens are? Because I have like 8 wk old chicken who mounted and tried to mate another. This other chicken is a silkie and I am particularly interested in its gender. Does this mean its a girl?
and you need to put the mum with her babies in a brooder box, or skip the whole thing and just raise the chicks yourself with a heat lamp in a box. A confined warm area. And let the mum out every 5 hours for 10 minutes with the others. You need chick feed (medicated) and constant water. Give the...