Broody chicken set up

When you have a broody hen, raising chicks even easier! Here's how to set up a brooder box that will accommodate mom AND chicks!

How and why to break a broody hen (this really works!) There are a few different tricks you can try to stop a broody hen. Here are the ones that work for me...

Learn how to set up a brooder box for chicks. Everything you need to know about how, as well as 5 easy DIY ideas for making a brooder box.

So your hen is broody for sure! Congrats, you're going to have chicks! Now, there are two different ways that people usually care for a broody. Some people will leave her wherever she decides to make her nest. I have tried this, and it never worked for me. If she makes her nest outside the coop, this is not even a viable option, since she could be exposed to the elements and predators. If she makes her nest in a nesting box like mine did, other hens will try to lay eggs there as well. You…

It’s broody season. If you don’t want chicks, your hen is setting on unfertilized eggs, or you just need to break a broody- broody jail is the way to go! #broody #foryoureel #fyp #reels...

In this article, I’ll discuss the hard way and the easy way to care for broody hens including how to facilitate egg-hatching, but first... let’s discuss broody basics.

When building a chicken coop you need to keep in mind certain requirements. This list of chicken coop necessities will give you happy, healthy, hens!

One of our young Rhode Island Red hens has decided she wants to be a mother. It took several days for me to realize that this one particular chicken (I think Tom named her Big Bertha) was sitting on one of the nests every time I went into the coop. In the evenings, Tom was having to get her out of the nest and put her on the roost bar. Finally, last week I lifted her out of the nest box and put her outside with the rest of the chickens. She walked around, upset and cackling, for a few…

Some hens have the urge to try chicken nesting.Have you watched a broody hen gather the eggs to set? Quiet determination in this photo series.

Who likes stinky chicks in their house? Not me. So we set up an outdoor chick brooder with the Lehman's Portable Chicken Coop! Here's how.