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I was so glad that Martha never rejected Little Chick after he was injured, twice. Although he's a little smaller he's acting like the others now, no more crying. ⬆️⬆️ LC is on the left.

I'm glad you were able to find a home for the rejected chick. :love

Checking for an egg status report...

I have three not laying. Tamar is sitting on 6 eggs I ordered after culling Samuel. The other six are in an incubator. She's been consistent enough to "trust". Yep, she's in a wheelbarrow. Rahab is practicing, sits on faux eggs, but keeps switching nesting boxes. I don't trust her with...

Families are complicated things... ...I think I understand my chickens better, maybe. :gig

Cruelty to animals often leads to crimes against people. Sociopaths pluck the wings off flies before they graduate to battery against the elderly. I think both are wrong, but focusing on bullying issues at a younger age might help prevent full antisocial behavior later on.

They finally figured it out! Hannah, who's been bullying everyone since Rahab went broody, is on the far right side of the roost. The sweet and gentle Dominiques are in the middle, and all five chicks are up with Momma Martha! Close up: Yep, ALL boys. :rolleyes:

And now adding Apeel coating, which cannot be washed off. :mad: What I don't grow I try to get from the local farmers' market. The county decided to limit the market vendors to Saturday only, though they were doing brisk business being open Fridays and Sundays, too. Stupid. I got some...

Thank you for the link. I love reading your chicken stories.

I enjoyed that story, but poor Cheepy.

The one with the green band may be a girl. Black chick is definitely a male, and his hatchmates, blue and purple banded chicks, appear to also be males. I'd love to have at least two pullets from the hatch... Here's my "boy or girl" thread...

Look who got up on the Big Chick perch today! I SEE...BOYS 😱

You're making Fret "happy". Good for you.

Remember the chick that was badly pecked, left unconscious? It's still smaller than the others, but it keeps up with its nestmates. I hope it's a girl: You can see where it was wounded, just to the right of the eye.

Too funny! I like how you have the feeder in a basin.

Ah. They mixed up their roosting positions!

I did what I felt was right, after giving the rooster as much leeway as I could. Seeing him full on attacking (not just pecking or short pursuit) was the proof for me that he was the problem, and needed to go. Monday evening: Martha is to the right, butt facing the camera, not hovering over...

Ow, is that Carbon with the bare spot?

Follow up: The chicks are not hiding close to the broody hen any more, but exploring, investigating all areas of the run. I was pleased to see how active they were, despite a drizzling cold day. The older chicks will be two weeks old tomorrow. This evening before dark I brought a small amount...

Thank you. I learn so much here.