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Can anyone tell me if chicks will be okay in a coop that is 40 degrees or colder with their broody mother. I have always incubated and never had a broody before and probably shouldn't have let her have eggs. I went out and candled them today and she must be keeping them warm because I could see movement and they all looked except one I couldn't make out for sure that is green. Do I need to move the broody to a different area from the other chickens. they don't seem to be bothering her. Anybody that can help out a newbie? She is a good mom and I haven't seen her leave the nest but she must be. Every morning I check on her and she always has an egg in the nest that another chicken has laid. I have a smaller coop but it is in an unheated area and when I checked the temp in that coop it was 30 degrees. Any information would be helpful. Thanks
 
Areolyn said:
This past week has been eh.

Car wreck, doctor's visit:)( ) then the news of an emu being tortured, killed, and er....other things.
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car wreck? you ok? car ok? (
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guess I don't want to know about the emu)
pollitos2013 said:
So much snow here I had to park out at the road - half mile away! And walk back where the drive used to be with a ski pole. Chickens are fine - drinking coffee in the coop

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I hate that, HATE that

(this is the wrong time to say that my place looks like spring... right?)


Sswanee48 said:
Can anyone tell me if chicks will be okay in a coop that is 40 degrees or colder with their broody mother. I have always incubated and never had a broody before and probably shouldn't have let her have eggs. I went out and candled them today and she must be keeping them warm because I could see movement and they all looked except one I couldn't make out for sure that is green. Do I need to move the broody to a different area from the other chickens. they don't seem to be bothering her. Anybody that can help out a newbie? She is a good mom and I haven't seen her leave the nest but she must be. Every morning I check on her and she always has an egg in the nest that another chicken has laid. I have a smaller coop but it is in an unheated area and when I checked the temp in that coop it was 30 degrees. Any information would be helpful. Thanks
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40 degrees is my summer.. perfect weather for a broody
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However, even though some hens do fine with chicks in a coop, I stress, and would prefer her segregated for at least the first 2 weeks. The stories of the other chickens eating the babies .... well...
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Alaskan, thanks for the input. It has been a lot colder then 40 degrees. It was a good day today and now we are expecting snow tomorrow. Also on the weekend. I have decided to stop worrying about chickens and just enjoy them, which I do. I read an article tonight and it put me at ease. It answered all the questions I had. I also worry about the cannibalism with chickens but I think my broody can take care of them. She's at the top of the pecking order and I guess I will just have to observe them. Probably get my sleeping bag and camp in the coop. ahaha, just kidding but that's not something I wouldn't do if I had a mind to it. Anyway, another thing. Do you watch the Alaska programs on tv? Alaska the last frontier, and the Alaska bush people. I love those shows. Of all the places I would like to see, Alaska would probably be it. Really fun to see how those people are living and how resourceful they are. Won't pull your ear anymore. Thanks again.
 
Alaskan, Ditto! The last episode of the Alaskan bush people was a real good one. It amazes me how they could put a house together like that. Probably more to it then met the eye. Still looked like an extremely big job to take on. That show does make me laugh, some of the crazy things they do.
 

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