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My 2 year old Buff Orpington becomes very broody in the Spring and I thought I might have her hatch a few fertile eggs. Are there serious dangers to hatching chicks with 7 other adult hens around? Should I keep mamma and chicks separated from the other hens? The idea randomly popped into my...

Thank you so much for the direction!

My 2 year old Buff Orpington becomes very broody in the Spring and I thought about introducing a few fertile eggs for her to hatch. Are there serious dangers to hatching chicks with 7 other adult hens around? Should I keep mamma and chicks separated from the other hens? The idea randomly popped...

Thanks for the warm welcome! I should have said my dorm room is really a small house and we have an extra room where the chicks will be just fine. Thank you for the tips, I never really thought of trying that. I will!

Sounds like a very well thought out coop. In my first coop I used insulation. My birds are free range, so the summer heat isn't a problem, and I noticed the insulation raised the temperature quite a bit. I have a buddy who keeps a small woodstove near his coop and runs pipe through it. It's was...

Hi everyone! I'm new to the site, but I have been raising some hens for a couple of years now. I go to Siena College in Albany, NY and have yet to find anyone here with the same interest! City slickers! . Right now I have 2 year old hens: 5 red sex links (Edna, Wilma, Ms. Shirley, Emma and...