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Thanks for that. Forgive my inexperience but I'm puzzled how the chicks get fed in the very early days. My coop has eight nesting boxes, four on each side, a few inches over the coop floor. Here is a picture also showing the broody (an Opington). We keep the straw bedding pretty clean but...

Problem is when the chicks are old enough to go through the pop hole they are at risk from birds (magpies and some prey birds) and cats. Doesn't feel quite right to me as a nursery. If I put the broody in with the fertile eggs and put her on top, tonight, presumably she'll sit on them?

Can't find an exact answer on the forum so: I have an Orpie several days broody in my flock of five hens (no cock) in a hen-house that opens by automatic pop-hole onto an open run (not predator or bird safe). Normally the hens are allowed to run on 1/3 acre freely from lunchtime to when they...

Yup, veg oil is good as you say in very small quantities. Glycol is good, too, if the water is going to be used only for irrigation. Don't know about glycol on the birds....maybe someone could ask a vet next time the see one? Probably fine, as long as they don't drink it, or much of it.

Hi, I know this is an old thread....I am a newbie to the forum. I know little about chicks but a fair bit about chemistry and food tech. You don't need special vinegar -- cheap acetic acid from Ebay is fine if you must use vinegar. Hypochlorite is the usual chemical - safe, used in foods and...