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  1. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    They're adorable! Definitely a huge wing color difference! We had some blood but not much at all thankfully, just a minor scratch. Nutmeg has definitley moved up and the pecking order in my flock has changed as well. I love the names! We have a similar theme!
  2. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    @ChookaPete - I have been meaning to update you! I ended up getting day-old chicks and that very same morning, I put them underneath Nutmeg and she immediatly accepted them. She was excited when she heard their peeping. She started talking to them right away and pushing them back underneath...
  3. emyancey

    Question for those of you with sweeter heaters in coop

    Hi! I know this is a late response, but I use the ceiling mounted sweeter heaters above my roosts and they worked wonderfully all winter. No one tried to roost on top of them. My roost bars are already up higher above a droppings board and the heaters were up higher as well. How did the...
  4. emyancey

    Well my hen can’t wear a hat..so what do I do?

    I just think it has to be my boy. I do see him surf some but he mostly still grabs on. I have some so I'll try to get it onto them! Thanks :)
  5. emyancey

    Well my hen can’t wear a hat..so what do I do?

    This is so good to know! I have a Black Australorp with a tiny little bald spot just behind her comb and I have an Olive Egger with the same. I do have a rooster and I keep thinking that's what it's from, but sometimes worry.
  6. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    Oh! Very cool!!! They're not one I hear much about here in Northern New York State. Nutmeg is being so good! I just wish I could get these chicks to her. Today is day 17. The breeder said to check tomorrow mid day on the hatch.
  7. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    I have never heard of that breed before (the Hy-Line Brown)! Where are you located? Nutmeg has taken very well to her maternity wing! I moved her on Saturday evening. I let her out yesterday, and she went outside for a little while. When she went back inside, she went to the nesting box...
  8. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    Thank you! Barnevelders are so pretty!
  9. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    She is gorgeous! What breed is she? The photo of Clover and Chamomile omgggggggg! How are they SO CUTE?!?! I got the curtain made for the box and am going to put it on today and transfer Nutmeg in. I am crossing all of my fingers!
  10. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    Nutmeg today! Beautiful little puff ball of mad! Hahaha
  11. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    That's so sweet! Mine just want that top nesting box or the corner of the coop. Screw the IDENTICAL nesting box! ha. I like the name Chamomile, it fits in with my girls! I'm still nervous about the transfer to the Maternity Wing (aka nursing pen). She vehemently refused to sit in it last...
  12. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    She was out yesterday morning, so the morning after her first full night in the nesting box. My cameras malfuncitoned so I don't know when she was out during the day at all. I went to put eggs under her after work, and there were three from my other girls she was sitting on, so I assume she...
  13. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    Limu sounds just like Nutmeg! Her birthday is April 17, 2024. I never have luck finding anyone within a reasonable driving distance to get hatching eggs of breeds I'd like to have. The way the coop is set up, I am going to have to move her nest *sigh Thanks and you too!
  14. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    There is a mat in there, they’re never on metal on the bottom, and I gave her aspen nesting pads. She ripped up all of the material and made a nest. It’s really small for chicks and if one falls out, it won’t be able to get back to her so I do have to move her to a new nest. She’s also low on...
  15. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    No, it’s mounted. She has a bunch of aspen nesting pad stuff in there. She seemed fine this morning. I put the temp stick in there with her and it got down to 25.2 in there and the humidity got up to 70.4 but that was this morning. She hasn’t gotten out yet to eat so or drink or relieve herself.
  16. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    @DobieLover - I just read your article on broodies hatching chicks. It was great! I realize where Nutmeg and I are struggling is at the grafting phase. I have been removing her from her nesting box every night and I wonder if this is not a good idea? Maybe I haven’t let her sit where she is...
  17. emyancey

    Broody Jail

    My girl is persistent and removing her and putting her to roost at night doesn't help; she goes right back in the morning. I put her in a dog crate in the coop in the cold weather and in the run in the warm weather and then I put her directly to bed on the roost and if she goes for the box in...
  18. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    Pretty girl!!! See, I give Nutmeg eggs and she doesn't even care!
  19. emyancey

    Brooding my chicks in a TENT! 🐥

    I did deep litter with hemp bedding in the tent and had it covered with puppy pads until they were older. I use deep litter with hemp in my coop as well.
  20. emyancey

    Barnevelder is broody again!

    I have a Clover, too! Little stinkers! I will let her stay for a while and see what happens. I have been taking her and putting her to bed on the roost every night except when she was in the maternity wing.
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