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  1. Judy

    Newbie with question on hatching chicks with a broody hen.

    The chicks should do fine on a ramp. You might want to supervise at first, but they should get it. Unless mama decides they need to sleep in the run.... Sometimes my chicks gathered and then mama covered them, and sometimes she made a place and called them. I should mention, there isn't a...
  2. Judy

    Newbie with question on hatching chicks with a broody hen.

    If she's not pooping in the nest, she is probably getting up once a day to eat, drink and poop. I would pick her up once to make sure the nest is not full of poop, because occasionally a broody won't get up at all, and they can starve to death. Actually I pick mine up once a day and prod them...
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