Single chick hatched under broody

[jessejeanne]

Thank you so much for that info! That is so interesting about the body fat! I went ahead and stuck a few eggs under each of the two broodies and also put some in the incubator today. If they break, I’ll transfer them to the incubator!

The new chicks seem to be doing great with their mom and the single chick that she hatched. I didn’t even do anything special to introduce them, just handed them to her in broad daylight and she was like “Sure, I’ll take them!” Haha

I know this is a bit an older threat, but I’m glad that you gave her some other chicks ^^ I had a single chick with my broody last year, but somehow it had so much trouble with the flock and he was so scared of everything, which caused him to be a meal for a hawk…. Momma went to the flock after two months and this little dude was too scared of the other chickens which caused him to wander alone in our coop while cheeping hard.

 

[Slothinc]

I know this is a bit an older threat, but I’m glad that you gave her some other chicks ^^ I had a single chick with my broody last year, but somehow it had so much trouble with the flock and he was so scared of everything, which caused him to be a meal for a hawk…. Momma went to the flock after two months and this little dude was too scared of the other chickens which caused him to wander alone in our coop while cheeping hard.

That is so good to know!!! Thanks for sharing! So far the little chicks are doing well, but the thing that I really don’t like is that they are super skittish around me. They are starting to get used to being around some of the younger chickens in the flock, but they hate me! I had been thinking I would put more chicks under broodies as I have a few eggs about to hatch in the incubator… but I’m starting to think that it might be better to raise them in the brooder and hope they are friendlier. Can’t decide, because it is a whole lot less work to have the mama raise them. But I don’t like having skittish chicks! (This particular mom is not one of my more friendly chickens unfortunately.)