I currently have a broody hen who has been sitting on eggs for about two weeks. Should I let the hen raise them herself after they hatch or should I take care of them.
I have six hens and one rooster(who is very nice). Just for extra info.
I just got my 13 chicks today. All of them seem fine except for this one golden sebright. It just seemed to sleep most of the day. I've seen it drink water a couple of times, but I haven't seen it eat any food yet. Just wondering what I can do to help it or what's wrong with it.
I've ordered 4 golden sebright st. run, 3 rir pullets, 3 buff orp pullets and 4 EE's 3 pullets 1 roo. I ordered them from ideal, they're supposed to come on 5/7/08. I just wanted to know some of the qualities about these breeds.
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I have had standard sized rir, and the hens will let you pick them right up. But standard rir roos are vicious. I have a friend who has bantam rosecombed rir and the hens and roos are nice.