As some of you already know my hen has chicks and the male is gone my problem now is her 7th chick hatched about 4 hours ago and i don't know wether to take out the oldest 2 and hand rear them or even just feed them a couple of times a day to help her out

 

She has a male in with her now who was in the other side of the breeding cage and when cosmo was gone he started feeding her through the wire so i put them in together and so far they are okay

 

I am also worried because it is 30 degrees here at the time being and very warm in the box

Keep a very close eye on the male he may attack the chicks. If he seems to be feeding them great, your problem is sloved. 30 deg is cool. I run up to 40 degs some times. The nest box is usually around 36 deg. The chicks will be fine.

Edited October 5, 200618 yr by daz

thanks daz she just went in now so i will check again soon

 

the other chicks crops all look like they were going to burst i guess i was just worried she would reject it as she did with one last time but it was alot older