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Thank you all so much for your replies and good advice! I'm hoping this all goes well and really want her to accept the chicks. I appreciate you all sharing your experience.

My blue Cochin, Petunia, has been broody for about 2 weeks and I plan to give her some chicks in a few days. She has been brooding in a nesting box in the coop. The coop is about 3 feet off the ground. I can put a lot of straw on the ground, so would that help their descent? Do you think they...

I'd like to hatch some chicks from this rooster. He has a flock of assorted breed hens, so I'd like to get eggs from hens that would create an auto-sexing chick or at least the same breed as him. Thanks for your help!

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have had chickens for almost a year. My brother got double the chicks that he ordered, and I got some from him after they were able to be outside and I had a coop. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6 (3) What breeds do...

Thanks for posting this question! I have some eggs hopefully a few days from hatching that I believe are from a Bielefelder rooster and Welsummer hens. I may separate those when it comes time for lockdown so I can get a hen or 2 separated out.