[GrannieAnnie]

Awww, hope she looks after them Joy!  Brian is convinced she will squish them overnight, because he knows more about chickens than we do eh?   

[joyfull]

one got trapped in the netting  which distressed the mum. She then decided to have no more to do with them and is now back with Dannii. So the hobbits got moved in with Brenda Lee the Cuckoo Marans and her 4 hobbits. All remaining 9 of the new ones are happy little hobbits eating well and trying to peck Brenda Lees eyes out. All she does is sit there and moves her head slightly to show them that they should be eating the crumb not her 
Looks like the electric hen and brooder box are now redundant for this year 
It is rare for a broody hen to reject chicks unless they are inexperienced broodies like the one who I put them with at first.
I love it when a plan comes together 

[evie2]

Awwww

[Oliveview]

What lovely chicks, well done.
Pamela

[GrannieAnnie]

So did the one that got trapped in the netting die Joy?  there were 10 of them!  Wasn't Hobble I hope?

[joyfull]

sadly yes it died and no it wasn't Hobble - Hobble is the eye pecking monster  .
Brenda lee has been absolutely wonderfull but she has raised quite a few batches of chicks plus the keets last year (which she shared with Dannii - one of the hens from her first hatching)