Snug some chicks under Margootje

Our Margootje moved in with Henna a year ago. The two where our first chickens. And where so sweet and raised by a little flock that interacted a lot with their humans.

We got our Wolkje and Hedwig a couple of weeks later and our little flock of four has developed into a nice little interactive group. Margootje is the mama, she makes sure they get to roost on time, seek shelter and so on. Her sister Henna is the one with the rooster abilities.

A couple of weeks ago Margootje was broody. We took her of the nest a couple of times a day and she resumed to her normal activities.

But she got broody again and at the same time mothersday came around.

I got two little chicks for mothersday and our biggest wish was to let them be raised in the flock. As they were 3 and 4 days old we decided to give it a try. So we snug them under Margootje in the middle of the night and kept a close eye on them and checked in quite often.

Margootje was so excited to wake up to little ones!

She was so so so happy with them and in no time she took good care of them. The first days we made sure they could interact with the other chickens but could not get to them. But Henna got so stressed not being able to be with Margootje. So we decided to have some moments a day where they could be together, supervised by us.

That is all good and Henna calmed down and is now totally fine with the little ones.

All four of the ladies are now living their best lives and enjoy spring.