Quick story. Last summer one of my BR hens took off into the underbrush. I had written her off as fox food. Then one day she showed with a chick. First thing she did was kick all the other chickens out of the coop including the rooster. Talk about a 'mean mama' she took over. I had to put her and the chick in a cage just so all the other hens could get into the coop.
Ol' George
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "colinb" <gotrandy@...> wrote:
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> Kimmie, don't count on Momma hen being able to defend her babies. If
> she's an "Alpha" hen, or at least a high-ranking one, then maybe they
> will be OK. My daughter's chicken village hatches out chicks all the
> time and they all grow up together just fine. But I have several mean
> hens and several extreamily sweet hens in my village and if a
> low-ranking hen hatches out any chicks, the meaner ones will kill them.
> I've had that happen twice. It was horrible to find all the baby chicks
> in pieces, strewn all over the place. NOW I seperate the broody hen
> with her eggs and keep them in a safe place until the chicks are big
> enough to fend for themselves. Keep a close watch on your broody
> hen....when it's too late, it is totally too late.
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> Good luck!
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> Deb Buckler
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> --- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Peggy Chase wrote:
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> > I had a hen hatch out 2 babies in the hen house a week ago. Let momma
> do it. She will protect them.
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> > From: Kim Clark kimmie6067@
> > To: "CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com" CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:43 AM
> > Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: chick question
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> > So I have the same question about putting hen with chicks with the
> other hens. I have a hen setting eggs right now in the coop so the
> others will kill the babies!!!! What do I do with them, just put them in
> a seperate place is the only answer? I do have a rabbit hatch and wire
> dog crates but the babies can go through so I would have to put hardware
> cloth around that > Kimmie
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