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How does the mother hen care for her chicks once they have hatched?
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∙ 10y ago
Chickens are precocious birds, so some mother hens don't and won't take care of her biddies. However it is cute when you get one that keeps up with her crew. She will watch over the young when they are eating, call them back and tuck them under her wings if she feels they might be threaten, and she will keep them warm when resting. While they are still little, they may be tucked into the feathers between her wing and back, with their heads poking up to see what's going on. If you try to separate the hen from her chick she will put up a real fuss. Once the get to be a certain size, she will detach from them.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoAnyone who has ever taken a walk through a farm co-op, or farm supply during spring knows that chicks do fine without a mother, so long as they are fed, watered, and kept warm. In fact, chicks have been shipped in the egg by mail for about a hundred years. All that is necessary is an incubator and a brooder box, and food and water of course.
A mother hen simply makes it less hands on for the chicken rancher.
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∙ 14y agoNo because chicks are little and about 3 inches tall. mother and father chicks are usually taller than 5 inches :)
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∙ 13y agoYes, unless they don;t know who there mom is yet, or have a defficiancy.
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