broody chicken

I have a flock of 6 white leghorns who are all around 1 year old. I'm worried about and one of my girls. She's been displaying signs of being broody for around a week, staying in the nesting box all day and not eating and drinking, and if i take her out, she'll peck around for a minute or so and...

One of my chickens went broody around the 28th of July, she had a good amount of eggs but after almost a week the other chickens and ducks knocked them out of her nest and ate them so she lost the majority of the first eggs she "collected" most of the eggs have been duck eggs and one or two...

My situation is so different. My in-house pet Serama is six months old and became a broody for the first time a month ago. She is allowed around the house, so she follows me around and sleeps on a blanket on a couch. I’m concerned about her well-being so I have tried everything to break her...

Hi, This is my first time posting here, so please redirect me if needed. One of our family chickens has gone broody. We've dealt with this before, with her and with several other chickens, but this time she's disappeared underneath a large shed, and we can't reach her to get her out. Any tips...

Hi there! I currently have a broody chicken, I used to have 3 but the other two gave up since we don't want them hatching eggs. But, this one hen has not given up and it has been 3 months now. I am very worried that she will hurt herself constantly sitting, the only way I can get her to come out...

I'm not sure if anything is wrong with my Buff Orpington but she is very broody and is kind of hunching over her back. She's a year old and has been perfectly healthy and maybe broody hens just look this way but I'm not experienced enough with broody hens to know. She keeps trying to share...

Hi Guys, these are my first Hens so l am not really an expert in this matter. I have two hens and my inquiry is that how do l make them broody or when will they start hatching eggs? Here are the details of my Hens: White Hen (Murgi) Breed = Brahma or Cochin breed, l am not really sure or...

So I had to bring in my broody mama and her egg (she’s a bantam and the only viable egg left) because our temps here dipped into the single digits with negative wind chills. We have her set up in a corner of a room where it’s chilly but not cold, but of course that same room has a fireplace and...

buff orpingtons. Found a nest of eggs, in an old horse waterer. We put a mesh cover on it. So she is with the eggs. We notice a hen will lay on them then she won't. Most of the times I have peeked on her she is sitting on them They are a little warm She moved and egg out of her nest...

Hello all! I’ve got some misbehavior happening causing bloody combs and I’m not sure why or what to do about it. Yesterday my girl Piper (Plymouth Blue Rock) had a bloody comb so I stayed out in the run to see what was happening. I noticed another of my girls, Kia (Leghorn) who typically keeps...

Hi, Sorry to ask a question straight away but I’ve searched the forum and can’t find anything specifically on this topic. I have a lovely, very maternal Light Sussex who went broody three weeks ago and I snuck 6 Barnvelder eggs under her. She sat on them like a champ but unbeknownst to me...

Hi all. I have what I think is my first broody, my welsummer who just turned 1. She is flat like a pancake, growls and bites if I try to take her eggs, and fights with everyone. Does she sound broody? If so, are welsummer hens good mothers. Ideas on where to keep will help. Thanks!

I have a 10 week old hen (possible Wheaton Americana mix) who, for about a week plus, has become aggressively broody. Besides pitching her out every day (with gloves on!) what else could/should I be doing? Additional facts: 1. Our flock is at six with 8 more Sapphire Gems about to join 2. Her...

So 2 months ago my mini bantam hen started a clutch and she had been sitting on them for over a month and they never hatched- but recently she started a new clutch of 7 eggs and i’m concerned if they will result in the same outcome as the previous hatch. Is there something i should do or am...

So this is my first Broody hen and this is her first clutch. Last night before I went to bed the eggs were rocking. And this morning (Day 21) I checked on the eggs and a few were pipped. My Question is, How long after they are externally pipped will they hatch?

Question re: guinea keets and raising them with a broody hen: I have a flock of only 4 guineas due to woefully inadequate planning last year. I also have 3 males with only one female. The female has laid 2 eggs and left them on the floor of their coop but she has shown no signs of wanting to...

I have 2 hens and one is broody and will be sitting on eggs once they get delivered.. in the meantime the one that is not broody pushes her and goes under her, on top of her, etc. everytime she wants to lay an egg... then at night she doesn’t seem to want to sleep by herself so she sleeps inside...

We have a broody chicken so I got four fertilized eggs from a friend. About 7 days in I found an egg out of the nest and cracked. Upon inspection, there was nothing growing in it so I figured that was why. However yesterday another egg was knocked out of the nest (looked like it had been...

We have a broody chicken so I got some fertilized eggs for her to sit on. Since she will be hatching these and they are not coming out of an incubator can I leave them in the coop/pasture with her or do I need to separate? If I need to separate do I bring momma with? Also, They are up in a...

My silkie is a little over a year old. This summer she went half broody, she would sit on her eggs at night then abandon them the next day. Now shes truely broody. Shes on day 3 sitting on eggs. I will check how manny shes at tonight. I am new to this and id like to let her do her thing and...