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The nest boxes are attached on the outside of the coop, accessible at floor level from the inside of the coop. They are in a row, but each an individual box. There is not much room in there expect for a chicken to nest comfortably, which is why I thinking it would be ok at night, and then during...

Wondering if at night I could put up wire mesh to keep them in a nesting box and then during the day just lock the big girls out of the run. At night I could make sure the babies and mama were settled back in their nesting box before letting the big girls in for bed.

Thanks for the great replies. One concern I have is how I would separate them. They have a raised coop about 4x4 with 3 nesting boxes on the side. They have the Fort Knox of chicken runs, but never spend anytime in it as they run all over the yard all day. There is plenty of room for 11-12 grown...

We have a young silkie bantam who has had about 6 weeks of egg laying compared to about 4 months of broodiness. She's just coming off her second broody cycle, which lasts about 1.5 to 2 months. We are hoping to use her to hatch some eggs this spring (since we aren't getting eggs from this little...