LOL! Your momma hen is in over drive. Dip the chick's beak off and on and make sure it learns how to drink. Then put it in the food dish and sprinkle feed in front of it. Can you put a rock or two in the water dish so it does not get knocked over easily? Hopefully momma will calm down. You always have the option of putting the chick in a brooder. Is yur hen sitting on the chick in between keeping her chick warm?
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
From: grammabecky <becky0645@hotmail.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 8:24 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] crazy momma hen
This is my first time with a momma hen and she has only 1 chick. She has been scratching at the box constantly throwing shavings into the food and water and then overturning said food and water. Took her out of the box and put her in the coop/pen area and she is still going nuts scratching at the dirt with her poor baby being run everywhere.
Is this a normal thing or do I need to remove the chick and let her be?
She is obsessed and hasn't settled down for more than a few minutes.
Becky
Is this a normal thing or do I need to remove the chick and let her be?
She is obsessed and hasn't settled down for more than a few minutes.
Becky
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