Extremely 🤣
Anything will work. Most of the time if I don't have chicks in the grow out area I put them in there. It's really just about removing them from their chosen nest and making sure there is no where comfy for them to bed down.
I felt the same way the first time I put a broody in jail. You'll see the panic lessen every day until you let her out. You've just got to remember, it's for her own good.
Lots of updates: Sansa's hatch turned into a disaster, Betty got in the nest to lay (no biggie) 2 eggs got broke and she ate them, the last egg got covered in yolk and I think died from bacteria 😞 I put her in the grow out pen for a few days and she's right as rain now. Betty had another laying...
Totally off subject, but did you see the above pics of the 2 chicks hatched from my WTB and marans roo? I'm curious what your take is, I assumed she was dominant white because the chicks hatched from her and my black English orp roo were paint. This is one of them from a couple years ago.
Thank you! It varies, this is about the normal time for my ladies to start. So far it's only Maribel, I'm sure more will join in come August. Last year Betty started molting in December I think, it was cold (for us anyway, lol) and she was so naked 😆