Recent content by Enchanted1s

Thanks @aart I will try that next time. For this ordeal... I put up a pillowcase to partition the babies roost and have been putting them up each night since the original post. Last night, we got home a bit late so everyone was in - but the babies were back on the floor! How long do I have...

For tonight, I hung a pillow case partition for the babies. When I have more time, I may try more partitions, I think it is a fantastic idea. Hey @aart - we are still fairly new to chickens and always learning. HOW would you make the Broody Hen take the chicks out?? We tried to encourage...

I believe it was a bit after that when I put up the wall. The Broody and babies have their own maternity ward. Mom left them at about 6 weeks and returned to the main coop. I let the babies stay in the maternity ward until they were a little bigger then moved them to their half of the big...

Thanks for the reply @azygous and the divider idea. I WAS going out every night and putting the babies in their corner, and shewing off all the hens, every night for at least a week or two, but as soon as I stopped - back to the floor! There is just enough room for everyone, but the babies...

We have two pullets that were broody raised here with us. They are about 4 months old now. The broody hen quit caring for them (or being nice to them) at around 6 weeks. I built my coop with a removable wall in the middle for integrating new ones. That seemed to work OK - the babies would...

OH!! OK, I will try that this afternoon. Someone at the lower end of the pecking order I assume?

Thank you @L1sa Whitey and the babies have the entire run to themselves. They can be seen and heard by the others. There is quite an ordeal with all the others laying these days as two of the nest boxes are in the run and they can't access it. They have other nest boxes in the Hen House, but...

@aart That is exactly what I did the other day. I kept the remaining 2 babies in the run and let Whitey out (she wanted out). The other six ALL went after and she jumped on the roof. I think I have the other two babies sold next weekend. When I posted the last question we were considering...

SOOO... how do I get Whitey to go back to the flock? I let her out the other day and all six of the others went after her! She jumped up o the roof until I could clear everyone else out - she went right back to the babies. I would like to let her and the remaining two pullets outside for some...

Just an updated picture of our little flock.

Four beautiful girls. Happy & healthy and Whitey has learned very quickly to be a good mother hen. :) Two are already sold and at there new home in the mountains.

@duluthralphie can I count on your expertise again? We just hatched our first Crested Cream Legbars. It looks like we got all girls!! Do you agree?

Well - our little Whitey laid her first egg on 8 Sept 18. 26 Sept. she went broody! 21 days later... 17 Oct 2018 she hatched four Crested Cream Legbar PULLETS! I only got a quick peak, but looks like 4 girls to me!!

She did it! & she is being a good Momma too! Best news yet - it looks like we got 4 girls!!! All 6 eggs candled at 7 days showed good fetal growth. Two eggs were broken during incubation. All four remaining eggs hatched between 8 and 10 pm on 17 Oct 18. I was only able to get a quick look...

I still get the 17th as day 21- maybe I typed my set day wrong? I will have to go back and look but when I count the 27th as day one (set on 26th)... anyway, I am guessing they have their own schedule in mind LOL. No talking to (or from) the eggs yet. I am trying to remember to check on her...