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Broody hens will kill chicks for various reasons. If they do not fit her standard of appearance (which means if they look weird to her in some way, like having an obvious deformity) she will get rid of them, and she will do the same to chicks that are weaker. The dam seems no reason to care for...

Update: April did fall sick but this morning she was acting a bit better. Hopefully she continues getting healthy again! On the topic of breaking broody hens, I have a Speckled Sussex named Lily who goes broody often, which does not surprise me because her breed is known for that. Not too long...

No, April is at the top of the pecking order in her flock. All of the large fowl (Polish and Sussex) are scared of her, even though she is almost 1/4 their size. I guess I will have to watch her and see how she does but I really don't want her to be sick, it is worrying me. This is why I...

Thank you. I ended up giving her some medicine that will help boost her energy and health overall because she is acting sick now. I hope she gets better.

I never thought April would be broody because she never acted like she would want to brood. Usually I can tell who will go broody sometime in their life (the ones who act more feral, forage on their own a lot and ignore chicken feed often, don't like human attention) and who will not (the ones...

I am not sure what to do because I have never experienced something as strange as this. She isn't acting like a normal broody, she is acting more like she is half-broody and half-normal. When I went outside yesterday, April was fine with me and not puffing up her feathers like the day before. I...

One of my hens went broody yesterday. I found my Easter Egger Bantam, April, fluffing up and spreading her wings at any chicken who approached, and she was making broody clucks. I watched her for a long time and checked on her throughout the day, but she was just walking around acting broody...