Broody Hen Thread!

[ChickyChickens]

I have ANOTHER broody (she is the 45th this year...) and she is sitting on 7 eggs!
Update On HennyPenny: She has got 2 more chicks, she now has 4 altogether, and the rets are pipping! I hope all the pippers make it so that it can be a 100% hatch rate like last time with her!

 

[justin24]

Woohooo yay I got a hen sitting on welsummer x red sexlink crosses I hope they hatch

 

[ochochicas]

I have ANOTHER broody (she is the 45th this year...) and she is sitting on 7 eggs!
Update On HennyPenny: She has got 2 more chicks, she now has 4 altogether, and the rets are pipping! I hope all the pippers make it so that it can be a 100% hatch rate like last time with her!

How many hens do you have total? I'm waiting for another one of mine to go broody so I can do a test hatch with my new rooster.

 

[sonderah]

Love watching babies peck stuff off of mom's face & wattles!! Lol

 

[ChickyChickens]

How many hens do you have total? I'm waiting for another one of mine to go broody so I can do a test hatch with my new rooster.

Oh she had a 100% hatch rate! She ended up with 12 chicks out of 12 eggs! I am so very proud of her!
Edited 'cause i misread your post!
I have about 80 hens (for your first question)

 

[SD Bird Lady]

@ChickyChickens but how many hens do you have total if you've had 45 broodies? Or do you have the same hens with 2 or 3 different clutches? Just curious because for a lot of backyard chicken keepers even 12 chickens is a large flock. (or too large for our significant others haha)

 

[ChickyChickens]

@ChickyChickens but how many hens do you have total if you've had 45 broodies? Or do you have the same hens with 2 or 3 different clutches? Just curious because for a lot of backyard chicken keepers even 12 chickens is a large flock. (or too large for our significant others haha)

12 chickens a large flock?

I have 80 hens (free range) and I thought I had a small flock

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To answer your question :some of my hens have been broody twice this yaer already (like HennyPenny) but others have only been once. I try to be natural so I never collect the eggs. I leave them in the nest until the hen decides that she has got the right amount of eggs to go broody! If i think she has got too many then i take some out! All in all i normally end out with hens sitting on a clutch of 12 - 29 eggs!

 

[justin24]

12 chickens a large flock?  I have 80 hens (free range) and I thought I had a small flock !
To answer your question :some of my hens have been broody twice this yaer already (like HennyPenny) but others have only been once. I try to be natural so I never collect the eggs. I leave them in the nest until the hen decides that she has got the right amount of eggs to go broody! If i think she has got too many then i take some out! All in all i normally end out with hens sitting on a clutch of 12 - 29 eggs!

wow you must have some big hens

 

[ChickyChickens]

wow you must have some big hens

Nope, they are not really all that big! They are more average to small! We have three big hens named Boo, Bop and Bee

 

[justin24]

Boo bee bop lol cute name