The two cochin hens went broody. One went broody in the hay shed. We have been trying to move her unsuccessfully to the coop. The other one is in the coop. We don't know if we have any fertilized eggs because the only roosters we have are cochins and they are much smaller than the big hens and they can't get their job done well, if the hens even let them try. So we will see what happens with the broody hens. Fortunately it looks like two of our Jersey Giant chicks are roosters, so they will be the replacement roosters.
We let the chicks out today, they are pretty brave and wandering all over. The white hen isn't too attached to them, but has shown them where the water, and the compost are. She also defended them against the cochin roosters. I think she has been a pretty good adaptive mom. The chicks look much better, they still have bald spots, but they aren't getting bigger or spreading, so the baldness must have been from them pecking each other.
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