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    Where should my broody hen sleep with her new chicks?

    Thanks everyone for your advice! This is a very helpful and welcoming community. Mama broody and chicks seem quite happy on the floor of the coop today. I shoveled some of the poop yesterday but need to get some more floor bedding before I finish the job. I noticed that some other hens and the...
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    Where should my broody hen sleep with her new chicks?

    I've put a box down on the floor of the coop, lined with straw. One question, the floor is covered in chicken poo - should I clear it all out? Is it a hazard for new chicks to be sleeping near the ground if it's covered in chook poo?
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    Where should my broody hen sleep with her new chicks?

    Thanks for the info! Do they have to be in a separate area? I'm interested in letting them stay with the main flock, as there are a few generations in this flock that grew up that way (it's my partner's parents' flock). But I'm concerned that when the broody jumps down from the nesting box with...
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    Where should my broody hen sleep with her new chicks?

    I have a broody hen with newly hatched chicks, and I intend to keep her with the main flock and not intervene too much. The box she laid her eggs in is raised off the ground. Once she jumps down with her chicks, where will they sleep? It's still cold here in Australia, about 8-12 degrees C at night.
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    Hello from a new chicken daddy!

    Hello! I've just joined this community as I've been house sitting for my partner's parents in Newcastle, Australia, and one of their chickens has just hatched a chick! Hopefully more to come today. It's very exciting! I don't know a thing about raising chicks so probably gonna let the broody...
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