Oh, okay. Then I'll eat the cheesecake myself tonight, and enjoy not having to clean a coop ever again. :-D
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It will take time and close monitoring. Definitely provide a safe spot if possible. Do not rudh it, they will work it out in time. But don't leave them alone until you're sure they have
I lost 11 last year leaving them together around that she after I thought they had enough time. I actually had a coop and run in the big girls run and just opened the fence. I had hoped they would figure out their own coop arrangement. Came out one morning and was quite unhappy.
You lie like dog.
I have some Welsummers due to hatch in a little over a week. It's worth the drive!
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Hey guys.
I don't usually post, because I had a rough start of it and chose to learn the hard way. Now I just lurk.
BUT I need your wealth of knowledge. I try to leave my broodies in the big pen so that I don't have any re-integration issues. My nesting boxes are about 3' off the ground (4' for the row above that). They are REFUSING to move to the ground (unlike a Buff Orpington I had hatch last year and a Silkie who hatched out this year). I moved our Phoenix into a pen with her crew after they hatched. I have a Silkie who is in another part of the barn with her 3 and an Easter Egger with her one in another part of the barn.
I just tried moving everyone into a "broody pen" but they HATE each other. I have one that has a chick who already got attacked (but I wasn't there and so I don't know who did it). So in the broody pen the Delaware is on a clutch, a Rhode Island White has a single chick, a Barnevelder is on two golf balls, and a Buff Orpington is in the box that she chose (outside in a shed - I just moved the whole box with her in it), but she laid an egg today (I didn't think that happened...)! It has taken me two days to just get those girls settled. I've tried to move the other two, but they get up and pace until I move them back into the main pen, then lay back on eggs in a box.
In the main coop I have a Silkie who is laying on two golf balls and a MEAN Rhodebar laying on a few eggs. When I leave them in the big pen the other chickens fight over the boxes and then I end up with broken eggs and hatching eggs that are sitting in a box with no broody.
I just got a shipment of sapphire eggs to put under them. I have another order of BCM eggs to arrive tomorrow. I already had a shipment of olive eggers that nothing hatched (between a less than stellar pack job so most of them were scrambled and who knows how often they were left without warmth), & I'd hate to lose these.
Do I leave the two alone in the main coop and just keep replacing the eggs under them 1-2x/day? Then if they hatch will they throw them 3' to possibly get injured? Do I leave them to pace in the broody pen and eventually they'll settle down? Do I just give eggs to the ladies in the broody pen, then give chicks to the other two in the main pen? I hate to "waste" a broody. Should I just nab a couple of chicks for the ladies in the main pen and then give the eggs to those in the broody pen? So many options! Thoughts, please.
I don't usually post, because I had a rough start of it and chose to learn the hard way. Now I just lurk.
BUT I need your wealth of knowledge. I try to leave my broodies in the big pen so that I don't have any re-integration issues. My nesting boxes are about 3' off the ground (4' for the row above that). They are REFUSING to move to the ground (unlike a Buff Orpington I had hatch last year and a Silkie who hatched out this year). I moved our Phoenix into a pen with her crew after they hatched. I have a Silkie who is in another part of the barn with her 3 and an Easter Egger with her one in another part of the barn.
I just tried moving everyone into a "broody pen" but they HATE each other. I have one that has a chick who already got attacked (but I wasn't there and so I don't know who did it). So in the broody pen the Delaware is on a clutch, a Rhode Island White has a single chick, a Barnevelder is on two golf balls, and a Buff Orpington is in the box that she chose (outside in a shed - I just moved the whole box with her in it), but she laid an egg today (I didn't think that happened...)! It has taken me two days to just get those girls settled. I've tried to move the other two, but they get up and pace until I move them back into the main pen, then lay back on eggs in a box.
In the main coop I have a Silkie who is laying on two golf balls and a MEAN Rhodebar laying on a few eggs. When I leave them in the big pen the other chickens fight over the boxes and then I end up with broken eggs and hatching eggs that are sitting in a box with no broody.
I just got a shipment of sapphire eggs to put under them. I have another order of BCM eggs to arrive tomorrow. I already had a shipment of olive eggers that nothing hatched (between a less than stellar pack job so most of them were scrambled and who knows how often they were left without warmth), & I'd hate to lose these.
Do I leave the two alone in the main coop and just keep replacing the eggs under them 1-2x/day? Then if they hatch will they throw them 3' to possibly get injured? Do I leave them to pace in the broody pen and eventually they'll settle down? Do I just give eggs to the ladies in the broody pen, then give chicks to the other two in the main pen? I hate to "waste" a broody. Should I just nab a couple of chicks for the ladies in the main pen and then give the eggs to those in the broody pen? So many options! Thoughts, please.
Hey guys.
I don't usually post, because I had a rough start of it and chose to learn the hard way. Now I just lurk.
BUT I need your wealth of knowledge. I try to leave my broodies in the big pen so that I don't have any re-integration issues. My nesting boxes are about 3' off the ground (4' for the row above that). They are REFUSING to move to the ground (unlike a Buff Orpington I had hatch last year and a Silkie who hatched out this year). I moved our Phoenix into a pen with her crew after they hatched. I have a Silkie who is in another part of the barn with her 3 and an Easter Egger with her one in another part of the barn.
I just tried moving everyone into a "broody pen" but they HATE each other. I have one that has a chick who already got attacked (but I wasn't there and so I don't know who did it). So in the broody pen the Delaware is on a clutch, a Rhode Island White has a single chick, a Barnevelder is on two golf balls, and a Buff Orpington is in the box that she chose (outside in a shed - I just moved the whole box with her in it), but she laid an egg today (I didn't think that happened...)! It has taken me two days to just get those girls settled. I've tried to move the other two, but they get up and pace until I move them back into the main pen, then lay back on eggs in a box.
In the main coop I have a Silkie who is laying on two golf balls and a MEAN Rhodebar laying on a few eggs. When I leave them in the big pen the other chickens fight over the boxes and then I end up with broken eggs and hatching eggs that are sitting in a box with no broody.
I just got a shipment of sapphire eggs to put under them. I have another order of BCM eggs to arrive tomorrow. I already had a shipment of olive eggers that nothing hatched (between a less than stellar pack job so most of them were scrambled and who knows how often they were left without warmth), & I'd hate to lose these.
Do I leave the two alone in the main coop and just keep replacing the eggs under them 1-2x/day? Then if they hatch will they throw them 3' to possibly get injured? Do I leave them to pace in the broody pen and eventually they'll settle down? Do I just give eggs to the ladies in the broody pen, then give chicks to the other two in the main pen? I hate to "waste" a broody. Should I just nab a couple of chicks for the ladies in the main pen and then give the eggs to those in the broody pen? So many options! Thoughts, please.
I just had a broody hatch a chick in the main coop 26" of the ground with no bar in front of it. She got the chick to the ground and made a nest in the wood chips, although I did put a box of hay there for her.
Basically, they find a way. Nature is amazing.
I need some advice! I brought our 10 girls (6 weeks old) out to their coop 5 days ago. I let them out into the run the last 2 days but had to gather them all up to put them to bed at dusk. Should I put a light on in their coop to encourage them to come up the chicken ladder at dusk to roost and go to bed? I noticed tonight a few ofthechickens went up the ladder appearing to want to go inside but didn't.
I have 2 brooders full of chicks (& a few poults), plus about 50 more eggs in lockdown if you "need" a few. I know you get over this way occasionally. Just gimme a hollar if you wanna check them out.
I need some advice! I brought our 10 girls (6 weeks old) out to their coop 5 days ago. I let them out into the run the last 2 days but had to gather them all up to put them to bed at dusk. Should I put a light on in their coop to encourage them to come up the chicken ladder at dusk to roost and go to bed? I noticed tonight a few ofthechickens went up the ladder appearing to want to go inside but didn't.
I've done that, it didn't hurt. I actually just drilled a couple big holes in the wall and shoved some dollar tree dollar lights in there to add a dim light to the coop.
I think the hole was 1 3/8". I just happened to have a hole saw the right size.
If it's cooler for a few days you may want to keep them in the coop longer so it becomes "home". I would have kept them cooped up these past couple days.
They will learn.
Welcome from Cambria county!
I need some advice! I brought our 10 girls (6 weeks old) out to their coop 5 days ago. I let them out into the run the last 2 days but had to gather them all up to put them to bed at dusk. Should I put a light on in their coop to encourage them to come up the chicken ladder at dusk to roost and go to bed? I noticed tonight a few ofthechickens went up the ladder appearing to want to go inside but didn't.
to me, it seems like every time new birds are added to a coop for the first time, I have to shove their butts through the door in the evening and tell them "bedtime". they eventually catch on. I've had some take 2 weeks of it to learn and sonee figure it out in a day or so. I never tried a light inside though.
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