Caught up with you all.
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Thanks. She's been a great girl. I'll miss her when she passes away. Her old age is catching up with her.She's a good looking hen.
I've not had hens hatch eggs, no rooster here. But I have had broodies raise chicks I got from Meyer. I let them park in the regular nests until they are really comatose then put the brooder piece in the corner of the coop and move the hen there. The top is usually covered with a wire top and a board across it to the hole into the community nest box. They have their own door to the barn alley so the other hens can't get in the brooder area though when I open that door to let the hen and chicks go walkabout the other hens can sneak in and eat the chick starter feed.Because she went broody in the layers nest boxes and I wanted her on the ground. So that's were I set her up and gave her eggs to set.
I put Barb in the built-in brooder in my coop. It has a run on it too.I've not had hens hatch eggs, no rooster here. But I have had broodies raise chicks I got from Meyer. I let them park in the regular nests until they are really comatose then put the brooder piece in the corner of the coop and move the hen there. The top is usually covered with a wire top and a board across it to the hole into the community nest box. They have their own door to the barn alley so the other hens can't get in the brooder area though when I open that door to let the hen and chicks go walkabout the other hens can sneak in and eat the chick starter feed.
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Tonya that's such a nice set up. What is the roof over the brooder's run....transparent? Such great light in that space. I really like that.I put Barb in the built-in brooder in my coop. It has a run on it too.
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Polycarbonate. You can click on the My Coop link to see how I built it.Tonya that's such a nice set up. What is the roof over the brooder's run....transparent? Such great light in that space. I really like that.
Yes, in the title.Did you put on your state thread ?