Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[fisherlady]

new chicken keeper question,my little silkie rooster has started roosting on the top of the milk crate/nest boxes at night.is this normal.could it be a protector kind of display?

It could be a protective display, or even just an attempt to stay close to a hen if you have a broody in the boxes. Silkie types often like to sleep together in a pile or cuddled together on a wider platform than normally used for roosting... so he may be more comfortable on the wider surface also.

 

[little]

right now i have 2 big girls and 2 silkie girls and 1 rooster.all the girls sleep on a 2x 4 roost and the roo did too until just recently can't emagine whats up

 

[wabbit1964]

Halleluliah, I was worried that my broody hen's eggs hadn't hatched yet... I went out to the hen house and she's clucking away and tapping eggs and I hear a chick talking back to her!!! <3

 

[Johnn]

I'm annoyed about my phone camera going a bit blury, but look at the chick on her back!

 

[chickensnbees]

I'm annoyed about my phone camera going a bit blury, but look at the chick on her back!

The pictures of your broody and her chicks are all so beautiful! What a great mum!

 

[little]

yea!what a beautiful pic.

 

[Henny]

How beautiful! That is one of those "magic moments"!

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Thanks everyone!

I FINNALLY got her to move to a better spot I raise chicks. I also have 2 eggs on day 15, to late to move them?

My broody is very nice. She has a mean look up her but she's only growled lightly and she doesn't peck lol. How does a small bird mange to steal and cover 12 eggs?

 

[Henny]

This morning when I went out to check on my broody Marans (who is sitting on 10 eggs all due to hatch today) I found a little peeper peeping!! What a nice Mother's Day present for her and me! And another one starting to hatch open. I promised myself no more checking under her!! When they are all out and about I will take a picture! Isn't is amazing that the chick hatched on the day it was supposed to with no problems unlike using the incubator?! That's Mother Nature for you.

 

[plumtownwingers]

Happy Mother's Day Stan. Only 2 of 14 eggs hatched. She is happy though. My question is I have a bunch of 1 week old chicks in the brooder. What are the chances she will accept 4 of them? She is a first time mom.