Thanks. I don't have room in my coop for a broody cage. or anyplace in door to put one.
and at this point I am going to have to put an addition on our coop as soon as the chicks are big enough to go in with the hens.
Let me start with a background on my flock. I have 9 hens, no rooster (2 mystic merins, 2 white leg horns and 5 amerirocks all about a year old) I had a broody hen a mystic, sat in the nesting box for almost a month (about a month ago) we had been tossing her out side, locked out of coop so she...
I have 9 3-4 week old chicks, and just had someone offer to give me 3, 2 year old hens? one has had babies in the past. They moved to a new house and the neighbor complained and they have til monday to gt rid of them, my housing area is only 4foot by 4 foot but the run is 4x8 will I be over...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We attempted to have chickens years ago and something got in and killed them all. here we are 10 years later I am building a predator free coop
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9
(3) What breeds do you have? 3, 5...