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What I did is the chicks are in a brooder in the shed. But mama seems to go where ever the chicks go. So I would think if you move them to the ground she would follow suit. But definitely watch and make sure

So when could the chicks go up a ramp?

I have 9 newly hatched chicks under mama hen. I moved her out of the coop 2 days before hatch. Unfortunately the cage she is in is just that, a small rabbit cage. She was not top hen, but second or close to that. So can chicks go up and down a ramp? Do I need food inside the coop or can I...

So I have an All American pressure canner, not electric...would this work? Maybe I'll have to look for the manual and read up on it.

I've never cooked in a pressure cooker, only done canning. What pressure did you cook at? Thanks!

Well she lays, a pinkish white egg. Very similar to what our sebright laid last fall.

I'll post a picture of her when she does. She's friendlier then our sebright hen and very inquisitive.

I always figured she was a sebright mix, since she looked identical to the other sebright chicks and hen, except for her cheeks.

thanks! I'll probably put them on the other end of the coop this spring.

Well that would be cool! We'll see this spring with egg color. I guess, that would help with ID

Well, right now we have 13 birds, 1 rooster. But last fall only 5 were laying and 6 were chicks. At the time she was not at the bottom of the whole flock, but I'd say of the birds that were laying she was at the bottom. I only have 2 nest boxes currently, 2 more are built but have not been...

She's a bantam I picked up from TSC that had a mixed bag of bantam chicks. She's the same size and color of the sebright hen, she just has a fluffy cheeks. Thanks!

I have standards and bantams. My sebright was the only bantam that was laying last fall. But she rarely laid in the nest box. Most eggs were in one of the coop corners. It was searching for a needle in a haystack. Which she would lay 3-4 eggs a week. Do you have different sized boxes for...

I do have windows and vents. The vents only have chicken wire, but I'm cutting hardware cloth to go over them instead. The windows have 1x2 wire from the garden over them. I do worry about the roof being a polycarbonate roof, and it ripping thru the roof.

Here's the best pic. But I know what a fisher looks like. My dad traps and I'm a biologist. It showed up 2 nights in a row on the game camera. Got at least a dozen pictures of it, along with two rolly polly raccoons, a coyote and a red fox. All during the full moon or close to it. Will...