The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[HappyClucker7]

My chicks are 4 weeks old now, and they are growing like crazy. These pictures were taken 3 days ago, and they already have a ton more feathers.
The first two are boys. The other two I'm pretty sure are girls.

 

[Isadora]

Day 19 babies

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Auntie was hypnotized again. Tried setting on my hand when I was messing with her

 

[Painted Calls]

Auntie was hypnotized again. Tried setting on my hand when I was messing with her
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That's some PRETTY hay.

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Auntie was hypnotized again. Tried setting on my hand when I was messing with her
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Give her all the babies!!!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That's some PRETTY hay.

It's soft too. The birds and rabbit love it

Give her all the babies!!!

I tried a few months ago, and a feral cat ruined her nest. She was a fricking awful mom last year though so she might just do auntie duties

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

That's a shame about her nest. She looks like a lovely auntie

 

[WallyG74]

That's some PRETTY hay.

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

 

[cluckingheck]

When should I put Mumble and Hubble back in with the flock? They are confirmed chick killers but Hubble is now 5 weeks old. I think Mumble is starting to wean him off so I’m not sure if she’d protect him if they decided to turn on him. This is a recent development because I’ve kept broodies in with the flock in the past and they were fine until recently. I guess the broody hens this time around weren’t fighters/high enough in the pecking order to protect their chicks like they should and now my other chickens discovered it’s “fun”.

 

[cluckingheck]

Oh, they murdered a fledgling bird yesterday that fell out of a nest and all I found of it was a wing. So, you can see why I’m hesitant to introduce Hubble back into the flock with his mom.