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Ok so update: I locked all of the flock away and let mama and her babies out to free range while keeping a close eye. She took them straight to the creek to play. They had some issues with getting stuck in the brush and had a hard time keeping up when there was large limbs to jump over but she...

That’s a good idea! The other hens wouldn’t attack the babies would they?

Just added the babies to the run with her(while the flock is free ranging) still, nothing is making her happy. I think she’s wanting to take them to the creek which is deep in the woods. I just worry she’ll abandon the babies due to stress. I’m probably over thinking it though.

I tried letting just her out but she insisted on the babies to follow her. The way she exits the coop she has to jump out through the window that the babies can’t. All she did was stand outside the window looking in calling them out. I feel so bad for her she has just been yelling all day!

When should I allow this? Currently my flock of chickens and ducks are free ranging and our yard isn’t the best terrain for wobbly little ducks(it’s a very wooded area, lots of sticks, roots, limbs). Should I wait until the flock come back in for the evening? Tomorrow when they are roughly 48...

I posted this in the incubating and hatching eggs but didn’t get much of a response. My anacona became a first time mom yesterday hatching out 3 beautiful baby ducklings. To keep the babies safe I closed off her part of the run from the rest of the flock a few days prior to hatching. She...