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[janiedoe]

Ok So question does any of this group live in Texas I don't want my baby chick to get overheated I keep water in the coop with her but it gets warm I change it but it gets hot here what else can I do to keep her safe an healthy.

I'll tag you over on the Texas thread. We are big on giving advice.

 

[triciayoung]

Ok So question does any of this group live in Texas I don't want my baby chick to get overheated I keep water in the coop with her but it gets warm I change it but it gets hot here what else can I do to keep her safe an healthy.

@janiedoe

 

[Melisanewell80]

Hiya, Melisa, and welcome to BYC!

If you raise any poultry and have pictures, we'd love to see. If you don't but are considering it, we have a lot of helpful articles and people that will help you.

I have a question for you I've got a really broody hen what can I do to discourage her she was sitting on eggs for a long time I feel bad for her but staying in the coop like she was when the eggs weren't fertilized was bad for her health

 

[Debbie292d]

I have a question for you I've got a really broody hen what can I do to discourage her she was sitting on eggs for a long time I feel bad for her but staying in the coop like she was when the eggs weren't fertilized was bad for her health

I have to deal with broodies year round, but mostly in the spring, of course when you want them to start laying better, and from then on until fall when it slows down a little bit.

The way many of us break ours, is to make a broody jail.

Here's ours. It has food in a bucket with hooks so it hooks to the side of their pen and they can't knock it over. I use a nipple bottle hung from the top so they get water but can't knock that over either. There's a 2x4 board in the middle, that's all they get to sit on. Usually 4-5 days and they are broke.

There are currently four hens in here right now.

 

[Bsmac]

Here are my almost grown chickens!!

Cute birds!

 

[Bsmac]

Hello! Belated welcome to BYC! Enjoy yourself here!