The Wild Hen
In the Brooder
- Feb 11, 2020
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Hi there! Yesterday my two broody hens hatched their chicks! It was -10 degrees outside here in Iowa and I didn’t have very high hopes, but sure enough Mother Nature took care of the situation. So now we have two sectioned off “maternity wards” in the coop with separate chick feeders and chick waterers. I’m not using lamps because, well, the hen is the lamp but my little waterers were frozen solid this morning. I keep a large heated water for the rest of my flock but what about these new little ones?!?! Any ideas? The waterers have to be small so they don’t drown yet it freezes so quick. We’ve got a lot of winter left here in Iowa. I have no idea why they thought this was a good time to go broody but here we are! TIA