How does the panic opening work if the chicks are with a broody? She won’t fit through and I’m guessing they’ll want to be together. Or is it only for chicks that don’t have a mom? I’m definitely going to use a panic opening for my other batch of chicks - the incubator-hatched ones - when I rake...
I found the link on Amazon where I got it from. It's 1".
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXRZMKU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's metal, black vinyl coated (I had some left over from another project). I haven't measured it, but it's the standard size chicken wire that's most common.
I want to share something I learned the hard way when I almost lost a chick.
I have a broody with three chicks that she hatched in the coop. I put a chicken wire barrier across the middle of the coop to keep the other chickens out of her business during hatch and for the first week, before I...