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BeanieBabies
In the Brooder
- Nov 13, 2025
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Thank you so much, this is so helpful! I can get a partition so that the others can see her and the babies at night set up today. Bean seems to very much want to stay parked in the nesting box moving around just a bit with the babies, so that's useful. With the mesh partition in place I think I'll open it all up again so that my other girls can come and investigate without using their beaks.
Looking at some of the other injuries chicks have gotten from hens pecking... I'm either exceptionally lucky that little Nugget wasn't hurt from *two* hens investigating her (although Nugget was picked up and away from them as fast as reflexes would allow), or Paprika and Splurt actually were being gentle... hard to know, and still not something I'll risk happening again.
I'll look into a way to set up a 'maternity' ward for them where the others can see and not touch! Thank you again!
Looking at some of the other injuries chicks have gotten from hens pecking... I'm either exceptionally lucky that little Nugget wasn't hurt from *two* hens investigating her (although Nugget was picked up and away from them as fast as reflexes would allow), or Paprika and Splurt actually were being gentle... hard to know, and still not something I'll risk happening again.
I'll look into a way to set up a 'maternity' ward for them where the others can see and not touch! Thank you again!
