iandjsmum Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Sadly we lost 3 chicks out of the 4 hatched by a broody and so now have the one appenzeller chick,who is 2 and a bit weeks old. I'm wondering how long mum willl want to stay with it and at what age it can manage without her and obviously, most importantly , what I should do about perhaps providing it with a friend. Any advice would be much appreciated. I hoped I wouldn't be in this position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 The mum will start to get fed up when the chick is about 6 weeks old, at that point it will be fine to cope without her Get a friend for it at that stage and not before or the mum will reject the new chick This place sell chicks of all ages and are lovely people with a good clean set up, they have pure breeds as well as the hybrids listed on the website http://www.acornplants.co.uk/chickens.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandjsmum Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 Thanks Tasha that's really helpful. I will stop worrying about my poor little chick now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
