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I have an absolutely mental brahma, she recently went broody and hatched some chicks (all good). The problem started when she laid an egg when the chicks were just under a month old, her behaviour changed, she didnt care about the chicks, completely ignored them and just kept trying to get back...

My brahma now qualifies as the worst mother ever by far. Not only was she a poor sitter AND a poor mother shes now abandoned her chicks to go broody again. This started 48 hours ago when i noticed a broken egg in her seperate broody coop, she seemed distant, paying no attention to her chicks and...

Im a little worried as the air sacks on my golden pheasant eggs seems very small compared to say a chicken. They are now on day 20 and ive kept lowering the humidity over the last week to try and increase the size but there seems too be very little difference in terms of size since the day i set...

Ok, one of my brahmas has finally gone proper broody after several trial attempts, the problem is that i know for a fact the fertility is low on my own eggs since my favourite boy keeled over with a heart attack (cue tears). Ive been offered 9 mille fleur eggs from someone near by, they have a...

I was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks on how to encourage a broody, my flock is quite young, all 1 and 2 years, they are great layers and a couple of them have kind of tried but havent been serious and given up. Ive incubated looads but i would like my daughter to experience the...

What is a reasonable clutch for a standard size hen to sit on? One of my hens has gone broody as i didnt do my evening collection yesterday but i cant help noticing there are a couple of eggs poking out from under her where she has feathered herself out, if i didnt collect yesterday that box is...

I thought i would bring this diuscussion away from the hatch along so as not to depress everyone. I recently set some Brahma Araucana hybrids in the incy, 11 fully healthy reached lockdown. Only 4 made it....... out of the 7 all were the wrong end, 2 pipped into blood vessels and bled out. 5...

My partitions between runs are not particularly great as im always moving them depending on how many are in which area, i only realised today that my Lavender Aruacana had gotten into the run with my buff brahmas, soundly licked the male (3 times his size) and started treading the hens. There is...

Im quite confused, I hatched some brahmas back in May which makes them 7 months ish old. One of the hens has gone broody, the thing is that she is still young and to the best of my knowledge hasnt even laid an egg yet, i may be wrong on this but i know my hens and i know which eggs come from...

As the title. I will be looking to swap some Pure Buff Brahma roos in the coming weeks. Well i will be looking for a good swap with one to keep the gene pool strong and the others i am willing to give away to good homes.

So my brahma eggs are on day 21 in the incubator, my only concern is that after a quick candling they seem to be developing a little slowly, some of the eggs still seem to have space in them which by now in my experience is always completely gone, im seeing movement so im not massively...

Hello people Ive always had a soft spot for chickens, i used to keep them as a child, Marans and rangers mostly. I recently moved back into the family home with my own children after my father retired to Cornwall and because the garden is so big the bug bit me again. I hatched an assortment of...