Yesterday, day 22 of my broody sitting on her eggs, she hatched one of her eggs! I cute little splash Andulusian chick.
I learned too late that I should have moved her to a different nest area so I had to leave her in the hen house in a nest box to finish this hatch. There are four more eggs that could hatch.
My question: she's in a nest box that's almost three feet off the floor and I'm very concerned about the chick falling out and either getting hurt from the fall or pecked by the other chickens in the coop. I have a rabbit hutch all ready to move her to but don't know if I should move her, the chick and the other eggs today or wait another day or two to see if she hatches anymore and then just move her and any chicks?
What do I do? When do I move her?
I learned too late that I should have moved her to a different nest area so I had to leave her in the hen house in a nest box to finish this hatch. There are four more eggs that could hatch.
My question: she's in a nest box that's almost three feet off the floor and I'm very concerned about the chick falling out and either getting hurt from the fall or pecked by the other chickens in the coop. I have a rabbit hutch all ready to move her to but don't know if I should move her, the chick and the other eggs today or wait another day or two to see if she hatches anymore and then just move her and any chicks?
What do I do? When do I move her?