hi!
My family has wanted to expand our clutch of hens this summer. I have had a series of broody hens and we were given a couple of fertilized eggs from a friend (we don't have a rooster) and set to it. They sadly did not hatch. We decided to try again on Aug 1. My friend only had 1 egg because she had a number of her own broody girls... but our 1 egg hatched yesterday morning! hooray!
We have a darling chick and a great mama hen. I had taken a much more low key approach to the chicks due date this time around and I had to put together a place for them pretty quickly. I am not satisfied with what I have so far and would love, LOVE your tips and suggestions on how to make a great brooder coop for my large cochin girl and her one tiny chick. I have a regular sized wooden dog house that has a carved area (no actual door) that I covered with chicken wire but the tiny chick just poked through and then was panicking not getting back to her mom. We have a neighborhood cat that I don't trust to not injure her if she gets out too. So I'll be changing that for smaller gauged hardware cloth... or something. but before I do i want to see if I'm even headed in the right direction with my idea.
Please send your thoughts my way. thank you so much!
Erin
Petaluma, CA
My family has wanted to expand our clutch of hens this summer. I have had a series of broody hens and we were given a couple of fertilized eggs from a friend (we don't have a rooster) and set to it. They sadly did not hatch. We decided to try again on Aug 1. My friend only had 1 egg because she had a number of her own broody girls... but our 1 egg hatched yesterday morning! hooray!
We have a darling chick and a great mama hen. I had taken a much more low key approach to the chicks due date this time around and I had to put together a place for them pretty quickly. I am not satisfied with what I have so far and would love, LOVE your tips and suggestions on how to make a great brooder coop for my large cochin girl and her one tiny chick. I have a regular sized wooden dog house that has a carved area (no actual door) that I covered with chicken wire but the tiny chick just poked through and then was panicking not getting back to her mom. We have a neighborhood cat that I don't trust to not injure her if she gets out too. So I'll be changing that for smaller gauged hardware cloth... or something. but before I do i want to see if I'm even headed in the right direction with my idea.
Please send your thoughts my way. thank you so much!
Erin
Petaluma, CA
