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Please let me know what I should alter or not do with this plan.
A broody hen is hatching eggs today. 4 have hatched 3 to go. I plan to leave them with her. So I am going to move them all ( they are in a nest box about 18 inches off the ground ) to a fenced in 4 by 4 ft corner of the large 15 by 15 ft coop , mother and chicks tomorrow unless all 7 hatch today. I put newspaper down cause that is what i did when i got my 25 day old chicks and water and the chick grit.
I was going to leave the hen with the chicks to keep them warm and not do any other supplemental heat. Not put a perch in there as I dont want the mama to sit on a perch ( not sure if she would any way . Then after a few days put pine mulch in there.Thenhe other chickens will roost in the same coop but can not get to them and I put a plywood roof over the fenced in corner so no poop will drop into that corner if hens roost over that section.
Is this OK? After 2-3 weeks let them in the grass ( fenced in portion with the mama ) how long will the mama hen want to be with them and how long do i isolate her with them like this?
When would I expect the hen to start laying eggs again. ?
A broody hen is hatching eggs today. 4 have hatched 3 to go. I plan to leave them with her. So I am going to move them all ( they are in a nest box about 18 inches off the ground ) to a fenced in 4 by 4 ft corner of the large 15 by 15 ft coop , mother and chicks tomorrow unless all 7 hatch today. I put newspaper down cause that is what i did when i got my 25 day old chicks and water and the chick grit.
I was going to leave the hen with the chicks to keep them warm and not do any other supplemental heat. Not put a perch in there as I dont want the mama to sit on a perch ( not sure if she would any way . Then after a few days put pine mulch in there.Thenhe other chickens will roost in the same coop but can not get to them and I put a plywood roof over the fenced in corner so no poop will drop into that corner if hens roost over that section.
Is this OK? After 2-3 weeks let them in the grass ( fenced in portion with the mama ) how long will the mama hen want to be with them and how long do i isolate her with them like this?
When would I expect the hen to start laying eggs again. ?