Dhkoenig
Songster
Hi all. I know this probably qualifies more under eggs/incubation , but do to the fact that it’s so urgent I figured I would post it here. We bought some chicks to put under our broody hen. From everything I read, you should set up a space for the mother and her babies. We have a beautiful nesting box I bought and I put it inside the big beautiful separate space (bigger than a dog crate, probably like 5 feet long by 3 feet wide and about 4 feet high. Made with 4 x 4 posts and hardware cost with a door and the top is covered with plywood placed within our run and I took her out of her coop nesting box, along with everybody else’s eggs that she was sitting on, and then I put her in the nest in her own little area. She absolutely rejects the whole situation. She paces back-and-forth crowing, wanting to get out and doesn’t seem to show any interest in the eggs or the nesting box. The new chicks are on their way, there’s no turning back now. Not sure what to do.
