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    2 questions regarding our broody hen

    This is super helpful. And good idea to lock the others out and give her and her little ones the whole upstairs. Do you think I should do that now or wait til closer to hatch time? I'd like her to still have access to outdoors, but maybe she wouldn't care? Thank you!!
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    2 questions regarding our broody hen

    Hello! We have a broody barred rock. She's been sitting in her nesting box for about a week now. Last night we slipped some fertile eggs under her. Two questions have come up since then: 1. The nesting boxes in our 2 level henhouse are adjacent to a raised roosting area with a ladder to get...
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    Struggling with integration

    Thanks so much! I really appreciate the replies. I am giving them some supervised time outside, today, and when they are in the run, they are sooooo happy, though still in their separate little flocks.
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    Struggling with integration

    Thanks, everyone. Our run is several hundred square feet but, because of a fox, I haven't been letting them out there right now, except when I am there. So they are in the coop which has an upstairs (30 sq.ft) and a downstairs (45 sq. ft.). There is food and water both places. Right now the...
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    Struggling with integration

    Thanks! I have barred rock, red sex link, and easter eggers. Their coop is about 45 sq ft, with an upstairs that's about 30 sq ft.
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    Struggling with integration

    Hi There, I am new here, and new to raising chickens. We started 10 weeks ago with 8 day old baby chicks. Within the first month we were down to five due to a predator. So we got 3 new chicks to replace the lost ones. Now our chicks (10 weeks and 6 weeks respectively) are together in the coop...
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