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Hi folks
I see there are some long threads about this but I needed some quicker answers and so I thought I would just start a new Thread.
I have two broodies setting right now and the first chick hatched today.
These are eggs that were Layed on my farm.
Way back when these hens started getting broody, I tried to put one of them out into a different house by herself, but she quit setting And just left the eggs.
She prefers to set in the nest boxes that all my birds use, so I just let her do it.
Now the chicks are coming and I'm not sure what to do. Do I leave them in the chicken house and let her feed them, etc. or do I try to move her out into a separate chicken house? The best boxes I use are sort of up high and they are the bucket type. They don't seem like the best place to raise chicks.
My whole point in doing this was to have hens raise the chicks themselves, so I don't want to just remove them all to the brooder.
I've heard that you can come back at night and move them all and it will be less stressful, I'm just afraid that she will abandon them if i do that.
I would love your experiences on this.
I see there are some long threads about this but I needed some quicker answers and so I thought I would just start a new Thread.
I have two broodies setting right now and the first chick hatched today.
These are eggs that were Layed on my farm.
Way back when these hens started getting broody, I tried to put one of them out into a different house by herself, but she quit setting And just left the eggs.
She prefers to set in the nest boxes that all my birds use, so I just let her do it.
Now the chicks are coming and I'm not sure what to do. Do I leave them in the chicken house and let her feed them, etc. or do I try to move her out into a separate chicken house? The best boxes I use are sort of up high and they are the bucket type. They don't seem like the best place to raise chicks.
My whole point in doing this was to have hens raise the chicks themselves, so I don't want to just remove them all to the brooder.
I've heard that you can come back at night and move them all and it will be less stressful, I'm just afraid that she will abandon them if i do that.
I would love your experiences on this.