Barred Rock Chicks with Buffy Mother

We went to Frog Pond today and purchased five Barred Rock pullets.


We are hoping that Buffy #2 will adopt them.
She had been sitting on eggs with Buffy #1.
#1 did hatch two chicks.

We put these new babies in a cage near the moms.
#1 was not at all interested, since she had her own beautiful babies.

#2 seems interested.
When they were in the cage, she brought them food and dropped it through the bars.
So we released them.

We'll see. . .

First chick

The first chick appeared under the old mama today.


She is still sitting on eggs, so perhaps there will be more.

Chicks

Mama brought out her chicks today.
Here's a white one - probably a Buff Orpington, like she is.

Here are two black ones.  Who knows what they are?

We let a few eggs in the nest until one of the Buffies got broody.
The eggs could have come from any of the chickens.
There had been two roosters, but one disappeared.  Hawk?