brooding

G'day all! Sorry I haven't got back to everyone who has replied to other threads yet - have been super busy! Recently upgraded my hutch to a 1.5 x 1.5 x 2m aviary, and installed gravity feeders and waterers to the wall, and also lots of hiding spots, hay and also live grass. My females have...

Hi there! I work in some university gardens and we're going to get 4 ducklings this spring! We are very excited! I was planning to brood them in a large Rubbermaid to start. My initial plan was to take them to work with me and then home again at night. Would this twice a day trip be too...

I got my first trio- Bielefelder, Cochin, and Olive Egger about four months ago. I fell in love, so of course it made sense to buy 29 cochin hatchlings and start incubating leghorns and golden comets. Soon I had fifty! I’ve been mostly giving them away or selling them for practically nothing...

My Aseel, who is around and above a year old, is going through her moult. A light one though. She is missing feathers on both her leg joints and few other places as well. Unnoticeable without picking her up and having a deeper look. But interestingly, she hasn't stopped laying. Neither the...

We have had our hens for 2.5 years. They all seem to get along pretty well, they will occasionally pick on our Bard Cochin while she is brooding, but within the last 2 weeks, the other hens have been picking on her a lot. The bard cochin is now staying in the roost most of the day since the...

First time posting, this site was recommended by a friend, so I hope I am adhering to community forum guidelines. Our 7 month old Coocoo Maran just started brooding behaviors about 2-3 weeks ago. My boyfriend and I tried techniques to rid the behavior, like blocking her off, or picking her up...

This will be my third flock in about 6 years. I decided to purchase some chicks (12), which will arrive as day old chicks in mid October. I live near Seattle Washington so temps will go down to about 32 degrees for a month or two between end of December and February. With adult chicks I...

Have several issues all evolving around one. Recently has a year and half old Austrolorp go broody and had her separated from he rest. Before I separated her, I noticed the rest of the flock was treating her like complete sh*t when she would come out for a few minutes to eat, drink and dust...

Okay so, I have this silkie hen and this silkie serama rooster. I just bought the silkie hen, and she is separated from my other large chicken flock and by herself. She just started laying eggs and stays in the brooder box with no heat lamp but it moved every evening to the duck pen right...

so, in feb we bought 10 chicks and two turkeys from a local feed store. No one warned us they couldn't brood together. It was still below freezing during the day, we set them up in the garage with heat lamps and several thermometers. Kept at 105* one day the turkeys died, the the chicks all...

Hi: I am a fairly new owner of 5 Barred Rock chickens with one being a rooster. For the first time I have a broody hen and checking out the site for insight. A snake got the first set of the brooders eggs so she is stealing the other hens eggs and brooding them.

i have a Golden Wyandotte that's been laying fine until about 3 weeks ago. Now she sits on an empty nest until I move her. We live in central Florida so it's hot and humid. We have 5 chickens all different types. We had a rooster but had to get rid of him due to local ordinances. She was laying...

I have a black australorpe that often struts around with her feathers all fluffed up like miniature turkey. She clucks a lot and, lately, she has exhibited brooding behavior. I think she has issues, but I don't know what they can be. Any ideas.

Hello! I am new to having chickens. A year ago I bought two silkie hens, and last month my neighbor gave me a rooster. It wasnt until last week when my chicken started laying eggs, and the weather was warm and sunny UNTIL TODAY. It's been pouring rain all day, and when I went to check on my hen...

ive had silkies for about two years now and my gen has been sitting on eggs and keeps scratching her cheeks enough to where they bleed. The skin looks very dry and itchy but it's just her face on both sides. And she's been losing weight and sitting on eggs. I pull her down at least three times a...