Isa's Homestead Happenings and Hangout

[Brooks_]

I kinda want it.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/03/1203082718/stevie-nicks-barbie-doll-rumours-fleetwood-mac

 

[Maddcatter]

Any advice on brooding in my coop? I'm getting rid of my five ladies this weekend and getting chicks. I feel like it's time to start fresh. I'm hoping to get POL and not worry about brooding but I don't know if that will pan out. So, thoughts from anyone who's brooded outside without a mama hen?

So, I ended up setting up a maternity ward in my coop. (It's also the injured chicken pen when I don't have chicks)

I have found it makes it a lot easier to have the momma hen and chicks separated for a couple of weeks while slowly allowing the chicks to integrate with the flock.

... It's possible I'm just paranoid. I have heard that you don't have to do this, but it's the way that works for me.

This is an older picture, but you can kind of get the idea. Yes, the birds roost on the lids at night. The lids are going to be a vastly different design because of it, but the premise for the sectioned off area sit works.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

So, I ended up setting up a maternity ward in my coop. (It's also the injured chicken pen when I don't have chicks)

I have found it makes it a lot easier to have the momma hen and chicks separated for a couple of weeks while slowly allowing the chicks to integrate with the flock.

... It's possible I'm just paranoid. I have heard that you don't have to do this, but it's the way that works for me.View attachment 3650980

This is an older picture, but you can kind of get the idea. Yes, the birds roost on the lids at night. The lids are going to be a vastly different design because of it, but the premise for the sectioned off area sit works.

... There are nooses hanging in your coop.

 

[Maddcatter]

... There are nooses hanging in your coop.

You'd need much sturdier .... Everything... To use those as nooses. They're hand holds for lifting the lids up.

... Ya wierdo

 

[azurbanclucker]

... There are nooses hanging in your coop.

I wasn't gonna say anything. Figured they were snares in case varmints got in.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

You'd need much sturdier .... Everything... To use those as nooses. They're hand holds for lifting the lids up.

... Ya wierdo

I thought you were noosing your chickens.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

I wasn't gonna say anything. Figured they were snares in case varmints got in.

See!? Nooses.

 

[tripletfeb]

So, I ended up setting up a maternity ward in my coop. (It's also the injured chicken pen when I don't have chicks)

I have found it makes it a lot easier to have the momma hen and chicks separated for a couple of weeks while slowly allowing the chicks to integrate with the flock.

... It's possible I'm just paranoid. I have heard that you don't have to do this, but it's the way that works for me.View attachment 3650980

This is an older picture, but you can kind of get the idea. Yes, the birds roost on the lids at night. The lids are going to be a vastly different design because of it, but the premise for the sectioned off area sit works.

This will be just the chicks, no older hens. I like your setup though, noose and all

 

[Maddcatter]

... There are nooses hanging in your coop.

... When the feds come because some one said you had nooses....

 

[tripletfeb]

Congrats to @azurbanclucker and @Sally PB for your spirit badges!!! Well earned!