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I've got nearly 7 week old chicks with their mum at the moment, and she isn't showing any signs of wanting to 'get away' from them!
She hasn't yet come back into lay, and is fiercely, hugely, verging on psychpathic, protective of them...If I remove a chick to quickly check it, she goes absolutely mental
I would have thought that I could seperate them now, but am worried about either the chicks or mum getting highly distressed if I did.
Should I just leave her with them, and wait for a 'natural' seperation, rather than forcing it?
She hasn't yet come back into lay, and is fiercely, hugely, verging on psychpathic, protective of them...If I remove a chick to quickly check it, she goes absolutely mental
I would have thought that I could seperate them now, but am worried about either the chicks or mum getting highly distressed if I did.
Should I just leave her with them, and wait for a 'natural' seperation, rather than forcing it?
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