I had a chicksplotion here!
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38 babies!!!!
It's a good thing Cinnamon my Swedish Flower has mommy brain at the moment. At 3 she decided she would go broody for the first time. The nest she chose is the most popular. They break eggs on accident shuffling for position. I tried moving her but she wasn't having it. So I gave her 2 golf balls to sit on about a week before hatch. I brought her 5 fresh hatched littles and she looked at them like they were aliens from another planet. No pecking but no sweet talking either. I tucked them under her and waited. She took those so I moved her to the new medium coop where it is safer. She was happy there. So now she has 12 babies!
Not wanting the chicks to have access to a run I made a screen door.
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It slides right in the tracks of the solid door which I then put on top for weight. I think I'll be making more of these for other pop doors. I can't seem to get away from the hardware cloth!