- Apr 6, 2014
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Hen went broody, so I decided to roll with it. (We have a rooster)
Currently, she is in a regular nesting box. But I will be moving her tonight to a dog crate on the bottom floor of the coop- So chicks can’t tumble out of the roosting area (and to keep other hens from pestering the mom) But I wanted the mom to remain in the flock hierarchy and let her integrate the babies.
If this was an incubator hatch lockdown would begin Monday or Tuesday.
Question 1:
When can I unlock the dog crate?
Question 2: our hens are pastured with their coop/dirt run opening up to electric poultry netting. This poultry netting is not ‘chick sized’. Do I trust the mother hen to keep the babies with her?
Currently, she is in a regular nesting box. But I will be moving her tonight to a dog crate on the bottom floor of the coop- So chicks can’t tumble out of the roosting area (and to keep other hens from pestering the mom) But I wanted the mom to remain in the flock hierarchy and let her integrate the babies.
If this was an incubator hatch lockdown would begin Monday or Tuesday.
Question 1:
When can I unlock the dog crate?
Question 2: our hens are pastured with their coop/dirt run opening up to electric poultry netting. This poultry netting is not ‘chick sized’. Do I trust the mother hen to keep the babies with her?