- Jul 19, 2011
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We've had great fun using our broody RIRs to hatch some eggs, even took them to school in a box for the kids... great fun.
Questions though.
1. When do you typically seperate the chicks from mum (if at all?). We're hatching the eggs for a friend who's starting a coop and will take them as soon as they're big enough (any ideas when?)
2. The second set of eggs, under another bird, are due today (about 3-4 weeks behind the first). When can you combine both chick flocks, if at all? Will one hen surrogate the other chicks? Or will competition get to great and just not worth the effort?
Currently we've got the chicks and mum off on the lawn in a separate A-frame free to range, but can't mingle with the other two adults due to the normal area's perimeter chicken fence.
Any advice would be appreciated, I've cruised the forum and the learning center and still not sure.
Thanks
Questions though.
1. When do you typically seperate the chicks from mum (if at all?). We're hatching the eggs for a friend who's starting a coop and will take them as soon as they're big enough (any ideas when?)
2. The second set of eggs, under another bird, are due today (about 3-4 weeks behind the first). When can you combine both chick flocks, if at all? Will one hen surrogate the other chicks? Or will competition get to great and just not worth the effort?
Currently we've got the chicks and mum off on the lawn in a separate A-frame free to range, but can't mingle with the other two adults due to the normal area's perimeter chicken fence.
Any advice would be appreciated, I've cruised the forum and the learning center and still not sure.
Thanks