Goin on 30 days in the nest now for my hen... someone suggested that I give her two chicks and maybe she will think she has babies and get over it. So last night I snuck out at dusk and swapped out an egg she has been sitting on for two tiny chicks. She sat on them all night long with no...
I have three big dogs so I have a kennel with an open wire bottom that I could try. Can I just set it next to the run up on blocks and maybe cover part with a tarp in case it rains and so she has shade? She will be able to balance on those wires? Should I put a roost in there? I have a way to do...
Yes this is what one of mine is doing!! Edwina In the nest now for two days. No poops or eggs in there. Other hens using the other nest box. I've taken her out numerous times. She clucks at me. Sometimes pecks around the yard a bit. Gets a drink fluffs up her feathers big scratches a bit picks...