I have set a lot of hens, and never lost a hen. It works for them.
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Best of cLuck Chad!So, short update here. Yesterday was the 3rd full day since she's last gotten off the nest - and that was me taking her off and putting her in the run. My plan today is to take her off her nest, but keep her in her pen area and make sure she sees the food and water. She should be used to that waterer and feeder, but my thought is to show it to her again today and thinking she'll be thirsty and hungry enough to eat and drink. If all goes as planned, she'd be reminded where she can easily get feed and water, and she'd also get some. She's been under camera watch 24/7 and I leveled the feed out as Aart suggested as well as marked the line on the water - neither of which have been touched. Certainly not panicked that she hasn't gotten up, but at the same time, a lot of the consensus (here and in Storey's guide) seems to be you may need to help them help themselves occasionally. I think this seems like a safe move and not overly disruptive to her.
Nah, she'll just use the nest she hatched in...or she might bring them out to the floor.Should I have a second nesting area/box ready for her at the other end of the pen that she can move to, or just let her pick a spot and make her own space in the shavings?
No, she’s never used the water or feed this whole time. I marked the water and leveled the feed and neither were ever touched. I did freshen the water each day. I guess, technically, she did take a couple nibbles of the feed, but that was on her way back in from when I took her out to the run to give her a break. It was a nibble in passing by to her nest. Never got off the nest to access them.Nah, she'll just use the nest she hatched in...or she might bring them out to the floor.
Has she used the waterer and feed in the pen?
Do you have chick accessible waterer and feeder in the pen?