mama hen

  1. Emrosenagel

    Mama hen restless

    Hello! I have a mother hen that is taking care of 3 chicks. They hatched 2 weeks ago today, and she’s been with them in a pen ever since. The first week, she was content with sitting with them; but as of the past week, she’s itching to get out. I would put her out, but as soon as she’s away...
  2. W

    Introducing new chicks to broody hen

    Hi Guys! We have a Buff Orpington named Lemon who went broody for the first time a few weeks ago. Our local Tractor Supply had Lavender Orpington chicks in stock so I purchased 6 to see if Lemon would be their surrogate mother. She was pretty darn mean as a broody hen so I snuck in after dark...
  3. Tiffaschickens

    Dog attack, torn crop!

    I have a broody hen, she hatched 4 babies and i had her separated from the coop because the hens are pretty aggressive and attacked my last broody and ruined her clutch. While she was in my yard, some neighbors dogs came over and mauled her pretty bad. She came back but her neck was...
  4. R

    Broddy hen

    My hen has started her second batch of eggs, her first clutch all died before hatching, (she made a poor nesting choice outside the coop) and this is her first time trying again, she is the lowest on the pecking order and my other hens like to remind her of it, this nest is in the coop with the...
  5. Thesweetbirdsflock

    Patty the (new mama) hen (an ongoing story)

    This has the structure of a role play, but anyone can join in. I’m gonna start the story and then anyone can just jump in and continue it. Here are the characters- Patty- Importance in story- main character Gender- hen Breed- Wyandotte Relations- Carey’s niece Personality- curious, likes to...
  6. Thesweetbirdsflock

    Who doesn’t love a broody with chicks???

    :wee:wee:wee:wee:wee:weethis is where you can post all those cute mama and chick pictures! I would love to see them!
  7. M

    My baby chick loves to be under her mama hen, but she doesn’t want to walk around the coop.

    My almost 2 day old chick loves to chirp and be under her mama hen, however, that’s all she wants to do, is be under her mama hen. should i try to do something so that she’s more active? i’m also worried that she won’t eat or drink water, because she’ll just want to be with her mama. Is this normal?
  8. Alicat4244

    Going to try this again .... Flock attacking mama hen

    So I had posted before with no response so I'm gonna try again. I have a mama hen and her chicks separated for the time being from the flock. I've had hens go broody before and I have never had an issue with just letting them do their thing in the main coop and still mingle with everyone else...
  9. imneva

    i know i saw this but cannot find it homemede" Mama hen"

    I know I saw instructions for making a homemade heat plate using a heating pad.... I have searched and searched... thanks in advance can someone share the link or instructions?
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