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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    I use Stall Dry as well, in fact more often now that Sweet PDZ, as it has diatomaceous earth in it, which helps control mites in the coop. Both work the same way on the poop board...keeping smells down, and making scooping easy. I also use the Stall Dry mixed with some fireplace ash and dirt...
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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    Hi BeachGirls26...So they poop all day, here and there, but the majority of their poop is under their roost...so the poop board helps to manage that. If I can recommend one thing in your coop...it's having a poop board. It makes clean up a breeze, and keeps the smell minimal. Also, I bed my...
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    Comment by 'nono' in article 'The Schoop'

    Thank you!
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    Comment by 'nono' in article 'The Schoop'

    Thanks so much!
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    Comment by 'nono' in article 'The Schoop'

    thank you!
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    Comment by 'nono' in article 'The Schoop'

    Skytopbantams! Love it AND the fact that you also had a Little Cottage Co. playhouse! I'm in Mass too...mine is still going strong, I never have added the insulation, and they've done well. I do keep the windows closed (I keep one window 1/4 of the way open along with the pop door open, just...
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    Introducing chicks to a broody hen

    RUNuts, When I decided to try it was because my hen had been sitting in her nest box for 2-3 weeks already....she was definitely in the "broody trance". I didn't disrupt her, didn't move her, just let her be. I didn't want to break the trance she was in...hoping that it would help her accept...
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    Introducing chicks to a broody hen

    This evening's update! She and the chicks have have moved out of the nest box (as you both predicted), and promptly made her new nest right in front of the door to the coop (figures.) So I grabbed a large cardboard box and put it on it's side under the other elevated nest boxes, put some...
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    Introducing chicks to a broody hen

    Just wanted to thank you both again...the outcome was a total success! I slipped them under her last night about 9pm - I was a bit nervous as they were peeping away as I walked across the lawn...thinking they'd raise a ruckus as I was trying to quietly enter the coop...but it was a non issue...
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    Introducing chicks to a broody hen

    I like how you elevated it, and the idea of the rocks...the first thought I had when thinking of putting a ground waterer in there was how dirty it was going to get within minutes. I might try suspending a second nipple bucket I have, putting it low to the ground in place of one of the feeders...
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    Introducing chicks to a broody hen

    Thank you Morrigan! I'll remove it tonight when I do the switcheroo. :) I might just move it out to the run if you think she'll keep them inside the coop for now?
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    Introducing chicks to a broody hen

    How do you handle water for the chicks? I have a suspended nipple system for my hens...so I’m thinking a ground waterer near her nest?
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    Introducing chicks to a broody hen

    Ridgerunner, thank you so much for this great feedback! I'm truly grateful and it's a huge help. This will be the first time attempting this, and I appreciate the guidance.
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    Introducing chicks to a broody hen

    Although I've had a brooder set up in the house for the past 7 weeks with six 7 week old chicks, tomorrow I'm picking up two newly hatched chicks (about 2 day old white plymouth rocks) and was considering introducing them to a hen that I have in my coop that has been broody the last 2-3 weeks (a...
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    Poop board convert *warning-graphic/gross poop pictures*

    Sorry for the delay in responding, we were away on vacation. Do you still need the information? I'm happy to go out and measure if you do. :)
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