Mumma's not happy about the intrusion...
Four chicks under the light... black one is hiding in the shadows
For the last three days we have been checking under our chooks for more chicks... The reason being that there are three hens sitting on eight eggs... One is soooo feisty and gives Joshua what for each time he checks. At the moment we have four chicks... The black one is soooo cute so is the one with the creamy face :) Oh, they are all cute off course. Just hope they are hens more than roosters...
Roosters will go to the Pig n Calf in Warwick during the next School holidays. Hens will stay or be bartered with :)
The reason that we have taken these lots of chicks is that there are three mothers (came from Lisa and Russ) and I can't chose one to look after the brood while the other two are separated from them. Just too cruel. So we are raising them inside under the light with chick starter and water and see how we go. After a week or so the hens will be out of sitting mode and rejoin the flock... Then we will introduce the chicks when they are old enough to go out.
The other hen that is sitting on 10 eggs from memory will stay with her chicks as she is on her own and will be in her cage on her own protected from everything by then. The other hens will have moved out as she is not due with her chicks for another 1.5 weeks yet. Can't wait to see what she hatches out.
Cheers Damaris
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