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Just to say, I like pad under the wire because then what the chicks feel is the soft warmth, not wire.

Sorry for delay, I didn't see your response here. Yes, that would be great! I just think the article would really help, and if you've already got that going, I love your writing style and you are actually more in touch with all the changes in best practice than I am. I think it would help a...

I know! I think it makes a big difference in the temperaments of the adults too. I don't have vast experience but from my first MHP I wound up with a lap chicken and a broody hen-- which were firsts here. I think it's the result of the chicks feeling secure and having a more natural...

awww thank you, Blooie, your stamp of approval is important to me! You know, I think it might be good to write an article with the current practices that people could link to (and the article could be edited as needed as best-practice improvements and changes occur). It really is tough for...

Yes plastic wrap will not at all work. The stuff some of the other folks are using are some kind of heat-cling wrap or something. They will have to speak to that. [I see that Blooie has now responded but I'll go ahead and post what I've written here about what I did.] This is what I did, and...

awww sweet, thank you. :)

This is a report on my broody hen. I had asked questions here because I'd come to know folks here, and was asked to update. The photo is when they were 2-3 days old. All is going really well, they are 2.5 weeks old now, unfortunately one chick has gone lethargic, is still eating but I've...

This broody has been out and about a few times during her setting time, but yes, I will watch out for that. Thanks. I didn't think of that at all. Thank you to @Shezadandy and everyone for your help. I'll gradually remove the cardboard as the chicks and hen start to move around more. But I...

Aart, that's brilliant! I'll start sprinkling sunflower seeds on the mineral bar area just to get them going to it more. That's the thing, is that the new pullets from last spring are all about the mineral bar, but the older girls not so much. They are better now, but I've been afraid they...

Thank you, very helpful. I've got chick starter, and all the waterers in the coop are chick-safe. I didn't know about lockdown and not feeding her, so glad I checked in here. We have the hardware cloth and I can do that. Like your calendar suggestion for isolation and introduction, the flock...

Thank you! Yes, leaving them inside for a few days is what feels safest/best to me. I just wasn't sure if the hen will be super restless to get out and about.

Wanted to remind you of my last post. I have a new question related to my broody hen, who is still setting, our very first broody. This coming Friday is 21 days since she settled. I have her in a wire dog crate on the floor of the main coop, it's 38" deep by 25" wide, about 30" high. She's got...

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Success! I went in several hours after dark, using my red-bulb headlamp. I go in every night to count them and make sure everything is closed up, etc., so they are used to that.Anyway she pecked at me a little but nothing painful. I moved her, then moved the eggs in two batches and she stayed...