Chicks school

We decided to transfer the 4 broody hens along with the 10 baby chicks that they hatched. 

This is the original spot where the eggs hatched.  The space is too small so they were transferred to a separate brooder.

I don't know at this point which chick thinks which hen is their mother.  Just a brief background, these chicks were from our rogue hen that laid eggs in the bushes and I discovered 12 of them.  I placed 11 eggs under the broody hens.  At least 6 of my hens had gone broody but these 4 hens are really dedicated to caring for the 10 chicks that hatched. 

And guess what, all 11 eggs hatched under the hen but 1 died because it possibly got crushed by hens having custody battle.  Or it could have been due to me interfering with the hatching process where I helped crack the egg and the mother hen was not impressed at all.  So I'm left with 10.  That's really impressive.  Nature does do wonders! In my incubator, my best hatch rate was only 73%.  Under the hen, it is 100% (not counting the one that died).  Can you imagine that?  And these eggs were exposed to cold as well.

Anyway we transferred them from the main coop to the brooder we built last month.  The only thing is they are not as secure as the main coop as this is directly on the ground but with electric fence around hopefully they will be safe.

So here's the video of the 10 day old baby chicks with their 4 mother hen.  They're being taught on how to scratch and forage.  It's amazing how nature works.