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I live in Pittsboro and keep all bantams right now. Think she'd be ok with bantams?

Do you think maybe I could move her and eggs into the nursery around day 14?

I thought of that but I don't know how to stop the baby leaving the nest box, and Dad is in there, I wouldn't want it to get pecked

I take the eggs away from them after a couple days, the moms do well. They are very attentive moms, the Nankins. Rather my concern is that moving those eggs right at hatching time is doing something to harm the chicks so they don't hatch.

Hi guys, I'm doing something wrong and I'm heartsick. 2 Nankin girls went broody and sat on 4 eggs each. I had heard about first timers having trouble resettling after being moved, so I let them sit on their eggs in the drawer in the bottom of the cabinet that is their home coop. They prefer it...

I just love chickens! I love their unique personalities, I enjoy watching their interactions, and I think they are inherently funny.

Ok, Whittni, I'll try to chill. Thanks for your input! :)

Hi all, Marie Antoinette is a first time broody, and I'm first time support staff! Day 19 is Friday, so tonight I intend to move her into a spacious crate. She has 4 eggs. She had a nesting box she's declined to use in favor of a drawer on the bottom of the cabinet that is their coop. I had a...

You're right, sourland, it makes sense to do both. Don't know I was approaching it as either/or. Thanks for the input!

Hi guys, finally ready to put together a hoop coop this weekend. It will be a run before winter and I get the permanent coop built. I'm wondering about predator proofing the base. (Hardware cloth over the cattle panels for the body). The example I am working from shows 1 electrified wire all...

Coolest of all. I realized when I drove home last night--the prior owner left a large wood doghouse in the backyard. Never even thought of it because I don't use it--so that pretty much clinches it for me. I'm going to figure out how to make that into a nice coop for the girls. I really...

Hi guys/gals-- As I mentioned in my intro, I'm brand new but a compulsive researcher...so I have lots of theory--no experience. I'd like to begin with 3 girls, and I suspect already that chickens are a bit like potato chips.... So my quandary: I don't own a mitre saw--or band saw for that...

Hi all, I'm the NKOTB for the moment; most friends call me 'G'. I moved from VA to Pittsboro, NC last August (new job), and was blessed to find a little over 3 acres with a perfect house with an even more perfect 2-stall barn and paddock on it. It's spring, first year of country livin', and I...