Cheryl Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 yesterday a lovely little single chick hatched.. this morning I went to say hello and Mum was sitting on a dead chick.. could she have suffocated it?.. I cant understand it.. im really upset, theres another in my incubator pipped I was going to pop under her after it hatched should I not?.. now it will be a lone chick aswell Also can I add a new chick to a set of chicks that are about 3 weeks old.. or will they attack it?.. and will the mum adopt it? .. Thanks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Its hard to know what happened to the chick, sometimes they get tangled in feathers, sometimes the mum attacks them and sometimes they just die as they arent strong enough to make it there are lots of possibilities You could try the broody with a new chick, make sure its dry though, the odd broody sometimes has a horror of wet chicks and that leads to some getting killed, once they are dry they are normally ok but closely observe You wont be able to add the chicks to the three week old ones, the broody wont accept it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 Thank you Redwing.. I will wait till the egg hatches and do as I did last time, add it at night when its dry.. Such a pity to loose a chick like that.. Anyway thanks for the advice, and I wont add the new chicks to the older ones, I will use the broody to rear them .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
