Sad Sultan
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:06 pm
So my parents back down in Texas have my birds and decided to let a hen hatch a few eggs. After about day 13 or so I told them to candle the eggs to see if they were viable. Sure enough only one egg was fertile and developing. My dad was so excited. He babied the momma hen, a goofy goofy white sultan named Scramble. (If you have had sultans you know how goofy they are!!!). So day 21 rolled around and apparently the chick hatched late at night and sadly they found the baby passed away in the coop. My parents are so upset especially my dad that was hand feeding the hen and stuff. Now he knows to make the place where the chicks are being hatched inescapable for chicks...
My mom is so upset she swears never again will they do that! But it's still not as bad as ordering chicks and opening the box to a dozen dead that I did two times before deciding on getting local birds !!!
The Sultan hen, Scramble, kinda walked around and made strange noises , my parents reading it as sulking or sadness??? Do hens really know death of chicks???
My mom is so upset she swears never again will they do that! But it's still not as bad as ordering chicks and opening the box to a dozen dead that I did two times before deciding on getting local birds !!!
The Sultan hen, Scramble, kinda walked around and made strange noises , my parents reading it as sulking or sadness??? Do hens really know death of chicks???