The chicks had got so large they were crowded in the tote brooder so I had to do something before they started picking on each other which they do if they don't have enough room. I turned them into the large brooder with the other chicks and I was afraid the larger chicks would attack them so I turned the plastic tote over an made a escape hidy place for the hatchery chicks.
The hen was not bothering them and the bigger chicks seemed to except the hatchery chicks so they are where they will stay until they are large enough to go into the big pen .
The allotment lady put plants and such in her quail pen to occupy the chicks and I think that is a good Idea. I don't have live plants to go in the pen but I can cut some of the large weed and place them in the pen which I will do for a few days to give them something to do besides pick at each other.
It is 57 degrees this morning, summer may never come to the Ozarks this year.
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