Hey Everyone,
How are you all? Thank you for reading this. I was thinking of getting some fertile eggs for my broody hens. I am not allowed to have roosters where I live and so would have to get rid of any roosters that would hatch. I was wondering if people actually would want to take roosters...
Thank you everyone for all your advice and kind welcomes. I am a bit overwhelmed at how many responses there have been, so thank you, it has been much appreciated
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Thank you, do you think that mama chicken would let me pick up her babies and pop them into the nesting box of the coop at night? There are many foxes where I live, so they would be quite vulnerable if they didn't go into the coop at night. Or would it be easier for me to set up a different...
Great, thank you! My coop is one of the ones that is raised off of the ground and has a little ramp for the chooks to get into it. Will mamma hen take her little babies up the ramp? Or will she stay on the floor under it? If she stays under it, there are a lot of foxes here so they will probably...
Alright, thank you, I might try this. Does your hen with the chicks sleep inside the coop with the others? If so, are they alright at night? If not, where do they sleep at night and how do they stay safe from foxes and stuff if they are outside?
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I got my first chickens about 6 months ago.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have three chickens
(3) What breeds do you have? When they were sold to us, we were told that they were pekin bantam chooks but I...