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[Chicken Charlie Ray]

I have 5 baby chicks did have 6 but a hawk got one I have no other hens just the 5 babies they are about 4-5 weeks old will be free ranging my question is when would be a good time to put a Rooster with them to help protect them I have 2 Black Stars and 3 ISA Browns and maybe what breed of Roo..Thanks

 

[Mamatomany123]

If you have a hawk I wouldn't be free ranging at all. Hell6keep coming back until all of your chickens are gone.

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

The only way a rooster can protect from an aerial assault is by getting eaten first so the others can run.

 

[Marie2020]

Would you think of putting them in a small area with cover overhead. Making it a little more difficult for the hawks to swoop down. I wouldn't leave such young chick's out in the open personally

 

[Nigel27]

Sorry to bomb the thread but how long does it take for a hen to start laying again once she’s done being broody?

 

[NatJ]

Sorry to bomb the thread but how long does it take for a hen to start laying again once she’s done being broody?

Start a new thread for your question, in the forum "Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying."
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/chicken-behaviors-and-egglaying.18/

You tend to get more useful answers when your question is in the right forum (this is "Predators and Pests"), and when your question is in a thread by itself.

 

[Nigel27]

I usually get zero responses and I can’t find this info in an old thread

 

[Mamatomany123]

I usually get zero responses and I can’t find this info in an old thread

Does she have chicks? I think it depends on the hen.

 

[Nigel27]

No she failed twice, so I took her eggs, that was a week ago

 

[NatJ]

I usually get zero responses and I can’t find this info in an old thread

I think more threads are getting responses lately, as compared with even a few months ago.

Here are some old threads addressing the issue:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/when-will-my-broody-hen-lay-again.1248271/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-long-for-broody-hen-to-lay-eggs-again.1203847/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ch-will-broody-hen-start-to-lay-again.219765/