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Hannah is still being a 💩. She was on the left side of the roost, and all the chicks were smooshed up against each other tightly, trying to avoid her. Martha was in the middle and LC was roosting below, on the edge of the wheelbarrow where Tamar is brooding. I moved Hannah to the far right side...

I've been doing some research about putting chicks under a broody hen...others here recommended that the hen brood for at least two weeks. Rahab started sleeping in the nest box on May 7th. Today is the 22nd. Good to know, jic.

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And there's the break... ...no more roosting under Momma.

10-12 hour drive from here. Ouch.

Yep. Six weeks since the eclipse.

Where do you live? ;) ETA: the white chests disappear with the adult molt. :hmm

Today the chicks are six weeks old...the first three anyway (black chick, blue band, purple band). LC and lime green band will be six weeks on Thursday. 🥳🥳🥳

Here's Martha being noisy...

After church... Rahab was brooding in the wrong box. :rolleyes: Lydia, Abigail, and Martha were all being very noisy. I saw Martha stick her head in a nesting box and drag a Dominique hen out by the back of the neck, TWICE. Feeling broody again, Martha? :confused: Noisy! ⬆️ The littles leg...

I'm not counting them yet! :fl

I just realized something. If eggs in the incubator and under Tamar actually hatch later this week :fl then the age difference between Martha's brood and the new ones will be about 6 weeks. The age difference between the Speckled Sussex and the Dominiques is also about 6 weeks.

That's blue band. From almost 2 weeks ago ⬆️

Waddayathink, possible girl? The chick in the middle, both photos ⬆️ :fl

Too stinkin' cute! :love Why did they all have to be boys??? :he

Hannah is still being a 💩 I check my coop every night at dark, and again I saw the Dominiques on the A-frame roost. Hannah was in the middle of the main roost, preventing the Doms from hopping over. She also was staring at Martha and her chicks but not doing anything. I moved Hannah to the far...

Where there's a will... I read an article here on BYC about a hen who tried to hatch something like 25 eggs.

Oh, and Rahab doesn't take 💩 from any other member of the flock. Tamar is low girl in the pecking order. We'll see, if any hatch successfully.

I have no room in my house, no garage, no place inside for brooding. It's one reason I went with outside brooding last year. The main reason I would prefer a broody finish the job is that I cannot squat or kneel without difficulty, pain, and getting down on the ground to reach inside the...