#baby hen and chicks

[llovinghome]

[asklesbianonceler]

I like to think he also just wore this when it was kinda chilly

[birdhism]

Mama Hen & Bebes Pin

[thomas--bombadil]

Chicks, finding comfort under the wing of their mother. 

[superfluffychickens]

Now that I’m pretty sure she’s a girl, I’m introducing Falin! She’s a Swedish Flower hen, sweet as can be but also curious and a bit mischievous!

[skecherss]

Forced to engage in Solomon-esque shenanigans this morning

[lemony-lemonsquare]

[ahedderick]

The chicks, all fifteen of them, are 17 days old, now. They are very busy and spunky, and showing every type of speckle, spot, and color. VERY proud of their little flight feathers, which they use to make tiny flights and hop on top of their mother. Little Brown is not doing well and seems to have some problem with feeding. I can put a treat right in front of her and she looks at it with interest but - does not peck? Extremely unchickenly. It doesn't help that the chicks tend to swarm in front of her, even if I've tossed multiple treats in various directions.

We gave her 'gruel' of milk, almond flour, honey, and mashed strawberry via a plastic syringe three times yesterday, and again this morning. She is furious and fights that, but at this point the extra calories are a necessity without which she will not survive. She is, if you will forgive the pun, light as a feather. We must plumpen the birb!

A choice selection of fluffy, feathered idiots, halfway between fluff and feathers.

[tolkienreader1996]

One of my chickens went insanely broody and I had to pick her up off of an empty nest every day when I put in the chickens. She stopped laying and I couldn’t put fake eggs under her because she would have just sat there waiting for them to hatch and she was losing too much weight for that.

So we got her some baby Road Island red pullets for her to mother so at least she’s running around and eating and drinking with the chicks.

[halltastic]

Chickens!

[i-like-the-eyes]

While Metty and Madie absolutely take after their mothers I've said it from the start: Milly is looking a lot like Floki.

They are just on different ends of the color spectrum.

Just look at them as babies. That's the same cute little face!

[snailtongue]

[ID: A white hen nested with two small yellow chicks underneath her.] via

[birdhism]

Mama Hen & Bebes

[foxenavian]

I've been doing crayon doodles lately since I've been far too busy to draw in my usual style. Though, it gives me a chance to do worldbuilding with little scenes like this.

Rare shot of Bento together with his family. All are unnamed except for the orange hen, Miso.

[mevvsan]

My newest pattern is here, just in time for Easter! This mother hen, chicks, and egg make the sweetest family. Best of all, depending on what yarn thickness and hook size you use, you can make two different sized hens.

Also, to celebrate the release of this new pattern, all patterns on my website will be 20% off until Saturday!

[secretlyafiveheadeddragon]

favorite thing about hens is that when they want a child they get round about it

Dorothy is currently broody, we got her a chick last time and she raised it. We might get her another one now because she won’t leave the nest box until she has a baby.

[video ID: a hand opens a nest box of a chicken coop revealing a hen with iridescent black feathers that is puffed up so much she doesn’t have a neck. The hen begins clucking in annoyance as the hand begins to pet her. The person behind the camera says “You’re so round. Yeah? You want a little baby, don’t you? You do know we only have hens, right? Yeah?” The voice chuckles when the hen makes a reciprocating noise. End ID]