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Ok thank you! I can breath now . So I will def put them in at night and watch for a few minutes and then check first thing in the morning. My neighbor will be hatching the eggs in about one week, so I will keep you posted! Thanks again! i sure love this forum!

Ok so now you knowledgeable people are talking about something that I know nothing about. What is this notion of my hen "accepting" the chicks? Even if she is broody, then she still might not take care of the chicks? She might peck at them? Would she peck them to death? So how does this...

Thanks DDawn and everyone else! Will the chicks go up and down the ramp or do they stay in the coop? Will the other chickens bother the chicks?

OK, I am excited to try this! But still, one question- Do I put the baby chicks in with my broody right where she is? She has claimed a spot on the floor of the coop, off to the side, away from the nesting boxes and the roosts. The coop is 2.5 feet off the ground, with a ramp leading up to...

I have a broody Black Australorp. She's been broody for at least one month, staying put on her unfertilized eggs all day and night. I keep collecting them daily, but still she stays put. I even force her to free range every day, but she pecks and scratches for about 10-15 minutes and then...