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post #1 of 12
10/9/08 at 6:18pm
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Thank you. What are the signs of a broody hen??

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John 14:6

2 RIR, 6 EE's, 1 Cochin,  1 Barred Rock, 9 Silkies, 11 Silver Sebright 3 weeks olds, 20 Golden Sebrights 2 weeks old,  2 Silverlaced Wing Wyondotts; 7 Sebright EE mixed Roos and 3 Wyondott Sebright mixed Roos- all the roos are looking for good homes!
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post #2 of 12
10/9/08 at 6:29pm
  • ibpboo
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They just sit in the nest and never get out to eat or drink much.  Also, they are done laying eggs for awhile.  They will lay a certain amount, then stop to just sit on them until they hatch.

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post #3 of 12
10/9/08 at 6:41pm

They will become hand killing machines! and peck or bite the ever loving stuff out of you if you try to touch them or their eggs!! lol

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post #4 of 12
10/9/08 at 6:46pm

I alway's Knew my hens were going broody because they would start losing/plucking their feather's on their  breast. My girls would puff up like a turkey and scream their little heads off of if I went near the nest.

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post #5 of 12
10/9/08 at 7:24pm

They also walk around clucking a lot

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post #6 of 12
10/9/08 at 8:20pm
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ahhhh..........thanks

John 14:6

2 RIR, 6 EE's, 1 Cochin,  1 Barred Rock, 9 Silkies, 11 Silver Sebright 3 weeks olds, 20 Golden Sebrights 2 weeks old,  2 Silverlaced Wing Wyondotts; 7 Sebright EE mixed Roos and 3 Wyondott Sebright mixed Roos- all the roos are looking for good homes!
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John 14:6

2 RIR, 6 EE's, 1 Cochin,  1 Barred Rock, 9 Silkies, 11 Silver Sebright 3 weeks olds, 20 Golden Sebrights 2 weeks old,  2 Silverlaced Wing Wyondotts; 7 Sebright EE mixed Roos and 3 Wyondott Sebright mixed Roos- all the roos are looking for good homes!
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post #7 of 12
10/9/08 at 8:26pm

You are welcome.......another way to know for sure is if she goes to roost with the other's. My broody's never leave the nest box at night.....

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post #8 of 12
10/9/08 at 8:49pm
  • ibpboo
  • Where Chickens Ride Horses
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Originally Posted by Quail_Antwerp 

They will become hand killing machines! and peck or bite the ever loving stuff out of you if you try to touch them or their eggs!! lol


Oh yes, I failed to mention the pecking at you part!!  big_smile

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post #9 of 12
10/9/08 at 8:54pm

And the poo is HUGE!!! And very stinky!!! barnie

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post #10 of 12
10/11/08 at 7:43am
  • ibpboo
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yuckyuck

very true!!  gig

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