Thankfully Mum has raised chicks before, & has been such a good Mum to these babies.
The broody who killed the chick, I was actually contemplating getting eggs for in the future, however I definitely won't be now, & I'm unsure if I will even keep her 😞
I followed everyone else's advice on trusting Mum to know better than me. Pocahontus is a really great Mum, she has raised babies before coming to us, which was why we got her some eggs when she went broody. She had one chick safely back in the maternity coop & was quiet vocal about her missing...
Thank you, I am honestly devastated. I know these things happen, but right now I cannot even look at the psycho, who is sitting on an invisible nest of eggs, because I keep removing them from under her (they are not fertile)
This was our first time ever hatching eggs, watching Mum with them...
For anyone who has seen my recent posts, everything seemed to have been going really well, Mumma has had the chicks out with the rest of the flock for over a week, I've been keeping a close eye on everyone, & there really had been no issues that I witnessed.
Yesterday, I left the house for the...