- May 31, 2013
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Today our baby chicks are hatching! We’re first timers and have only had our coop since the summer. Four Orpintons. One went broody so we got her some fertile eggs of the same breed.
They are in a raised hen house with a steep ramp to the ground that is also enclosed. The three other hens come and go into the boxes to lay eggs. The only way I can safely block off the mother and her chicks for a few days (weeks?) until they grow would be to move them father back into the hen house. Is it safe to move the baby chicks? Will the mother follow and care for them? Does she need to go outside once they are all hatched or can she just stay inside with them? There is plenty of room to walk and poop.
If anyone can walk me through the first few days or weeks of this I'd appreciate it.
Janice
They are in a raised hen house with a steep ramp to the ground that is also enclosed. The three other hens come and go into the boxes to lay eggs. The only way I can safely block off the mother and her chicks for a few days (weeks?) until they grow would be to move them father back into the hen house. Is it safe to move the baby chicks? Will the mother follow and care for them? Does she need to go outside once they are all hatched or can she just stay inside with them? There is plenty of room to walk and poop.
If anyone can walk me through the first few days or weeks of this I'd appreciate it.
Janice