Please, help me... trying get broody hen to adopt chicks

[JaeG]

Awww, thanks for the photos. I'm so glad Buffy is proving to be as devoted a mother as she was a sitter. Those chicks are all so adorable. Your Jasper is beautiful too.

 

[AquaDuck]

So good to hear about the perfect outcome!
Buffy and her chicks are beautiful. That's quite a collection of breeds you get there! Maybe there will be a roo too, so that Buffy can hatch her own chicks next year?

 

[MolliesDollies]

I'm so happy Buffy finally gets to be a mom! It looks like she is a pretty good one too! Congrats! What an awesome group of people on here to help you through this momentous time!

 

[ronott1]

You did a great job!
the chicks and Mom are so cut too

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I'm so happy Buffy finally gets to be a mom! It looks like she is a pretty good one too! Congrats! What an awesome group of people on here to help you through this momentous time!

Welcome to BYC!

Glad you can feel the love and support this community has to offer.

 

[Sarah_2017]

Sounds like it went fantastic!!

Your babes and mom are so cute!

No more scratch. It's like a candy bar and she needs nutrition. Maybe some peas or other snacks that are high in protein. It's the amino acids in the protein that matters.

Your Marans shouldn't have any feathers on it's middle toe. And the CCL is likely the one with the wider/darker stripe.

This comment is so wonderful- thank you!
I read this Sunday and haven't had a chance to comment until now.
Yep, stopped the scratch like you said. She's eating the chick food well now and teaching her chickies. (When she was sitting on eggs, scratch was the only thing I could get her to eat.)

Thanks for advice on my Welsummer and Cream Legbar.
Weird thing though, both chicks with feathered legs have feathers on their middle toes...humm....?
Maybe Buff will let me take pictures of them...

 

[Sarah_2017]

Awww, thanks for the photos. I'm so glad Buffy is proving to be as devoted a mother as she was a sitter. Those chicks are all so adorable. Your Jasper is beautiful too.

Yes, Jester's a good pup. If he could, I believe he would raise those chicks if he knew how! Lol

 

[Sarah_2017]

So good to hear about the perfect outcome!
Buffy and her chicks are beautiful. That's quite a collection of breeds you get there! Maybe there will be a roo too, so that Buffy can hatch her own chicks next year?

Thanks! Actually, one of the two lavender Orpingtons should be male. So, I'm in the process of doing a lot of reading.
Hoping all these breeds/personalities work well together .

 

[Sarah_2017]

I'm so happy Buffy finally gets to be a mom! It looks like she is a pretty good one too! Congrats! What an awesome group of people on here to help you through this momentous time!

Yes, everyone here has been so helpful! I appreciate you all and your chicken wisdom!

 

[Sarah_2017]

You did a great job!
the chicks and Mom are so cut too

Thank you!