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Unless I counted wrong, day 21 should have been tomorrow dec2, came out to cheerping under mama! 5 out of 7 so far, one piping, one nothing. started we 12 idunnoifthiswillworks so that works! Had to do a few impromptu things bc I was expecting to get it all ready tomorrow lol I had been...

Had extra help while I was preparing the broody pen for Mama and chicks! Turned the broody jail into an extended area for them to mingle for the first few days or so. Have two "nests" under where Noisey Girl is. Used cardboard for bottom wire escapes lol

Temp near her nest box is 33f, (have a digital thermometer beside her, another on on coop edge) temp outside pen is 30f feels like 19f because of wind which is blocked from coop/pen, low is supposed to be 22f at 8 am when she is generally off and eating lol but all look good

Day 15, candled the two Xs they are infact duds, weren't fertilized. And candled 3 (out of 7) others and saw movement!

Ceramic heat and incandescent bulb aren't on yet just set up and ready. It's still fairly decent outside and inside pen. Cardboard on walls is so I can enjoy being out with the girls and not freeze my tushy off lol (yes we know the risks had this setup when we moved the checks outside this past...

Our weather has been funky here in central Indiana since our Nuggets (Buff Orpington) decided to go broody. I had three try to go broody at once and created a pen inside in run to break them: Birdy Broiler our son calls it. Noisy Girl our nugget kept getting out, no matter what I did. So we...