#black silkie

CO-PARENTING HENS

This year we have a lot of co-parenting pairs of hens. Two hens will share a nest and brood the same eggs side-by-side. When the chicks hatch sometimes the generosity lasts and sometimes one of the hens will take over. So far these two pairs are sharing parenting responsibilities.

None of these chicks biologically belong to these hens, they are barnyard mixed eggs from the farm. We do have an offspring of the black hen shown here who hatched out in early April. It is now over 6 weeks old and looks incredibly goofy.