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It's not pretty, but it works. The chicks safe spot in the coop. I love being able to find what I need with what scrap I have laying around, especially for something temporary.

azygous I dont recall if it was you or aart who have a cinder block in a chick playpen, but that seems to be a good size for a portal hole for someone who needs to just throw something together

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Isnt it a great feeling? Congratulations :)

Congratulations and thank you for posting how you handles it. What breed is that

Just saw the video. Looks like you made quite a save. One lucky little chick

Oh the minute you stop hearing the peeping you're gonna be up and checking :) Keep up the good work.

Keep workin that magic. Sounds like she wants to live :)

Jeez Blooie. What a shame. Hope you're able to save her.Positive thoughts out to your little chick.

Thank you! Yes I'll be finding a way before roost time tomorrow to make sure they have the ability to go in and out and still have their own privacy when needed. It's sure been a busy two weeks here. I just succeeded in breaking my first broody this week too. Finally, I looks like I'll be back...

I havent been following on this thread much so I hope everyone is having great success. In this little coop of mine, as far as the MHP is concerned, it's a wrap! For the past two weeks, the chicks were in a grow out pen and had a separate run within the hen run. They're in their forth week...

Aart I love your chicks playpen.

Thats about the only downside I've seen with this system. Now that I have them in the run and their own pen, I've gotten freaked if I havent see them all there. Then I"d wind up disturbing them by lifting the cave.

That was very sweet :)

Congrats Blooie :) Keep up the great work. Expect it to be another couple months before you feel back to normal. You'll be fine.

Put some cardboard in there and mark it with black dots from a marker. They'll peck at them thinking theyre bugs

Put some cardboard in there and mark it with black dots from a marker. They'll peck at it thinking theyre bugs

Beautiful set up :)

Personally I'd stick with a dowel. You could double the wire on top if you're concerned about weight.. Kinda hard to say without dimensions. I found the sagging isnt much of a big deal anyhow. I have one dowel in the middle and it appears one side droops a little more than the other, but it...

Or are you putting your heating pad over the top of the wire.