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Posted 26th February 2011, 08:56 PM
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question....on father taking care of babies


hello I have a question if the mother is gone will the father take care of 2 week old babies??? by himself..


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hello I have a question if the mother is gone will the father take care of 2 week old babies??? by himself..
he should feed them.. just make sure they are coverd if the weather gets chilly.. you may have to suppliment heat if need be as the hen is not there to sit on them at night.. another good thing is to NOT let birds out that are on babies or ready to hatch eggs... for this very reason.
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Oddly enough, I have a very motherly cock that sat on a 10-day old pair of babies when I lost the hen in 2006. I still have him, he's a 2002.
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Posted 27th February 2011, 07:27 AM
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hello I have a question if the mother is gone will the father take care of 2 week old babies??? by himself..
He should have no problems at this age, my widowhood team is separated now and some of the babies are only 7-8 days old. I'm flying double widowhood, so when the hens trap into the cock section they stay with the babies and feed for an hour while the cocks are flying.
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