I hadn't planned on getting any chicks this year, but I ended up buying four little bantam chicks anyway. There is only one old bantam hen left and I'm not sure how much longer she will be with us. She has successfully hatched several clutches over the last few years and is a good little mother.
We like to always have a broody hen around just in case for some reason we couldn't purchase chicks from the store any more.
Bantam hens are attentive and protective mothers and even though there is a large hen in the hen house acting broody I like have all our bases covered.
We like to always have a broody hen around just in case for some reason we couldn't purchase chicks from the store any more.
Bantam hens are attentive and protective mothers and even though there is a large hen in the hen house acting broody I like have all our bases covered.
The babies home for the next few weeks.
We hope at least one of these little guys will be a hen.