Our white hen brought out her two chicks to parade around the pasture. So I went into the coop and found another chick laid out on the floor, but it was alive. So I brought it inside by the fire and gave it water, it perked up 2 hours later chirping and hungry. We fed it chick protein and some walnut bread and it was full of energy. We decided to return it to the hen. She accepted it and it is under her wing. The sad news is that my husband located 3 other dead chicks by the evening. We missed these in our 1st chick hunt. They got behind the nest box and froze in the cold. Frustrating that we did not see them in time. We learned to push the nest box against the coop wall. The cold is the enemy of baby chicks this time of the year. At least we have 3 live chicks to watch grow in our coop. Looking forward to more chicks this spring and summer.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Hard Day for chicks
Our white hen brought out her two chicks to parade around the pasture. So I went into the coop and found another chick laid out on the floor, but it was alive. So I brought it inside by the fire and gave it water, it perked up 2 hours later chirping and hungry. We fed it chick protein and some walnut bread and it was full of energy. We decided to return it to the hen. She accepted it and it is under her wing. The sad news is that my husband located 3 other dead chicks by the evening. We missed these in our 1st chick hunt. They got behind the nest box and froze in the cold. Frustrating that we did not see them in time. We learned to push the nest box against the coop wall. The cold is the enemy of baby chicks this time of the year. At least we have 3 live chicks to watch grow in our coop. Looking forward to more chicks this spring and summer.
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