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post #861 of 1762
5/5/12 at 11:31am
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Slide your hand under her!, I have a broody RIR with eggs and I can't get my hand near her- she pecks hard!


my mom used to take the feed scoop and put it over the evil broody hen's head when she needed to check the eggs.. they couldn't peck her then and she could quickly check the eggs.. it was a lot less stress for both of them

 

I just reach under.. I've been pecked but I don't let it bother me

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I don't have poultry.. I have mini feathered velociraptors
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Hatching Muscovy Eggs     

 

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post #862 of 1762
5/5/12 at 1:15pm
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I know ths is the wrong thread but my turkey egg is wiggling. Hopefully i'll have a turkey today. I had 5 eggs but on,y 1 made it.
Back to your regular scheduled chicken hatching:P

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Hens: 16 Leghorns or California Whites, 5 Trader Joe's Leghorns, 14 Red Stars or Gold Stars, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhodes Island Reds, 4 Silver Laced Wyandotes, 4 Ameraucana, 7 Barred Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandote X Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock. = 64 Hens - chicks 23 hatched on 3/15
Roosters: 1 Trader Joe's Leghorn Rooster, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock Rooster
Nursing Home hatch-a-long
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Hens: 16 Leghorns or California Whites, 5 Trader Joe's Leghorns, 14 Red Stars or Gold Stars, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhodes Island Reds, 4 Silver Laced Wyandotes, 4 Ameraucana, 7 Barred Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandote X Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock. = 64 Hens - chicks 23 hatched on 3/15
Roosters: 1 Trader Joe's Leghorn Rooster, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock Rooster
Nursing Home hatch-a-long
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post #863 of 1762
5/5/12 at 1:24pm
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Tell me about it!!!!  I NEED A BIGGER COOP or a second coop .... or a farm!!!  Yeah I live in the city ...... lau.gif

Lol, last year, our first year with chickens, we started with one coop but within a month we had to get the second coop up and running. Now the old chickens are in the second coop and the chicks are in the big coop. Today we turned the dog kennel into a coop for the meat chicks. The barn where the kennel is in is big enough to hold another kennel. Those chicks are so cute, you just can't get enough of them.
Hens: 16 Leghorns or California Whites, 5 Trader Joe's Leghorns, 14 Red Stars or Gold Stars, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhodes Island Reds, 4 Silver Laced Wyandotes, 4 Ameraucana, 7 Barred Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandote X Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock. = 64 Hens - chicks 23 hatched on 3/15
Roosters: 1 Trader Joe's Leghorn Rooster, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock Rooster
Nursing Home hatch-a-long
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Hens: 16 Leghorns or California Whites, 5 Trader Joe's Leghorns, 14 Red Stars or Gold Stars, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhodes Island Reds, 4 Silver Laced Wyandotes, 4 Ameraucana, 7 Barred Rock, 1 Silver Laced Wyandote X Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock. = 64 Hens - chicks 23 hatched on 3/15
Roosters: 1 Trader Joe's Leghorn Rooster, 1 Leghorn X Barred Rock Rooster
Nursing Home hatch-a-long
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post #864 of 1762
5/5/12 at 2:22pm
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Slide your hand under her!, I have a broody RIR with eggs and I can't get my hand near her- she pecks hard!


my mom used to take the feed scoop and put it over the evil broody hen's head when she needed to check the eggs.. they couldn't peck her then and she could quickly check the eggs.. it was a lot less stress for both of them

 

I just reach under.. I've been pecked but I don't let it bother me

My RIR are the worst. Evil broody title fits. My boys tough it out to collect the eggs. They usually use a stick to lift her to see if any eggs need collecting before risking a hard peck unnecessarily !gig.gifGotta love the RIR, tough birds.

 

 

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Originally Posted by crazypetlady View Post

I know ths is the wrong thread but my turkey egg is wiggling. Hopefully i'll have a turkey today. I had 5 eggs but on,y 1 made it.
Back to your regular scheduled chicken hatching:P

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I have turkey eggs set that should arrive with the last of the chicken eggs set for the Mothers Day Hatch- a- thon. What kind of turkey is wiggling??

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           Eggs available:   Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

             Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex    

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           Eggs available:   Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

             Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex    

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Grow where you are planted. --Unknown

 

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post #865 of 1762
5/5/12 at 2:29pm

I'm the one with the 9 dud eggs-  I did open one, it was infertile...   so my husband and I went to a hatchery about an hour from our house and just brought back 8 black- sex-linked pullets!

 Now, how do I convince the broody that they are hers?   I took just one out and slipped it under her and she looked at it then pecked at it. If I hadn't snatched it right away she'd have maybe killed it. 

 

Anyone had good luck substituting chicks under a broody?

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post #866 of 1762
5/5/12 at 2:55pm

Well I am on lock down for my golden pheasants. And all of my turkey eggs due to hatch on mother's day are looking good!!! Exciting!

Mom of 3 spoiled kids, two equally spoiled Havanese, 8 Nigerian Dwarf Goats, 4 red star pullets, 2 Silkies, 2 brahmas, 7 Ameraucana's, 2 golden pheasants. 

 

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Mom of 3 spoiled kids, two equally spoiled Havanese, 8 Nigerian Dwarf Goats, 4 red star pullets, 2 Silkies, 2 brahmas, 7 Ameraucana's, 2 golden pheasants. 

 

Please support my buisness by liking our facebook page.....

 

http://www.facebook.com/BBAcres

 

We currently have goats for sale...

http://bbacres.weebly.com/

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post #867 of 1762
5/5/12 at 4:20pm
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I'm the one with the 9 dud eggs-  I did open one, it was infertile...   so my husband and I went to a hatchery about an hour from our house and just brought back 8 black- sex-linked pullets!

 Now, how do I convince the broody that they are hers?   I took just one out and slipped it under her and she looked at it then pecked at it. If I hadn't snatched it right away she'd have maybe killed it. 

 

Anyone had good luck substituting chicks under a broody?

People have the best luck putting chicks under a broody when it is dark and the chickens are roosting.  But check them right away in the morning to make sure she had accepted them when she wakes up.

"Kindness can become its own motive.  We are made kind by being kind"  - 1 awesome hubby, 4 funny kids, 2 sweet dogs, 1 crazy kitty, 1 talkative guinea pig, and chickens (Welsummer, Orpington, Icelandic, SFH, Polish, Silkie, EE/OE/Am/Ar and layers)

 

My Swap pages http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/coldupnorth-swap-page  or http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mix-and-match-swap-page

 

 

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"Kindness can become its own motive.  We are made kind by being kind"  - 1 awesome hubby, 4 funny kids, 2 sweet dogs, 1 crazy kitty, 1 talkative guinea pig, and chickens (Welsummer, Orpington, Icelandic, SFH, Polish, Silkie, EE/OE/Am/Ar and layers)

 

My Swap pages http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/coldupnorth-swap-page  or http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mix-and-match-swap-page

 

 

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post #868 of 1762
5/5/12 at 4:48pm

Should I put just one with her tonight in case she kills it? Sneak the rest in tomorrow?  

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post #869 of 1762
5/5/12 at 4:58pm

Day 13 (It was a bad picture, but you can see much more with this filter.)

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My blog Scratch Cradle     !Euskal Oiloa - Basque Hens!

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My blog Scratch Cradle     !Euskal Oiloa - Basque Hens!

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post #870 of 1762
5/5/12 at 5:31pm

                      200x200px-ZC-54f372e0_fuzzy.jpeg   Sleepy baby

Here are some pictures of my 2 day old black sex links fuzzies                 200x200px-ZC-752ffd3b_great.jpeg

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