How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] When in doubt, try try again.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Re: [CHICKENS-101] When in doubt, try try again.

Yes, I'd be very concerned about her. It's too cold for her not to eat, and to be sitting on eggs. I'd move her to a place where there is heat support or take her eggs and toss them, then move her to another pen to break her broodiness. 

  Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM  in  Michigan

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 I have a related question to the snippet below. I have a hen setting a dozen eggs. It's been unusually cold where we are in Southern CA. Down into the high 20s / low 30s at night. The hen's in a cage partially covered with a towel, so she's out of the wind but still in a pen outside. The hen is a first time setter and has pancaked out to cover the eggs, but she doesn't come off the nest for food on cold days. Should I be concerned about her? The cold? The chicks? I've had hens hatch out chicks before, but never when it was this cold. Thanks.
LQ in L.A.