Baby chicks in the coop...

[ChickenGirl555]

We put a little something in there this evening. We will take it out later this weekend or whenever they are spotted venturing down. Momma is a Buff Orpington that is entering her second laying summer. She has been broody more than I can count but this is the first time we let her hatch some.

Thanks everyone for the input!

I’m going to get Black Belgian D’Anver Bantams and I’m going to breed them! I’m going to let them broody incubate since the machine incubation seems so complicated. We also just really want to get a broody to hatch chicks, and they are adorable and supposively super broody. We don’t really care a ton about egg production so we don’t really care. I can’t wait to get them, but we have to build another coop for my large fowl flock.

 

[aart]

We put a little something in there this evening. We will take it out later this weekend or whenever they are spotted venturing down. Momma is a Buff Orpington that is entering her second laying summer. She has been broody more than I can count but this is the first time we let her hatch some.

Thanks everyone for the input!

They should definitely have food and water in the coop...I too would be concerned about the bedding dam, maybe not going down but getting back up. Have had a broody leave half her chicks out in run of an evening when they couldn't get back up the ramp...keep a close eye and have shelter from wind down in run in case they get stuck down there.