They all started to be broody at the same time. Maybe a day or two between them. She approach the other hens and started attacking. Her nest was on a different level and a good 10 feet away. We moved her into a different coop. She only was sitting on two eggs. I know one egg is not vilable. I am...
Ok thank you. This is our first time hatching chicks. She was determined to keep trying to get to them. She even went after my 3 year old, till my dog chased her away. It was a wild experience. We were all running around like crazy chickens after the actual crazy chicken.
I had three broody hens. 2 were setting right next to each other and another in a different spot. The 2 next to each other had a couple eggs hatch within the last two day. The single hen hasn’t had any of her eggs hatch. (I don’t think they were fertilized). Today the single hen started...
They are safe. I but them in one of the pins that we put our new baby lamb and mamas in. Since we aren’t expecting any lambs anytime soon and the pin has been cleaned.
I haven’t wanted to candle the eggs since there is no dark area in the barn and I don’t want to keep the eggs away from the hen the amount of time it would talk me to walk to the house and back. I did move two hens and their eggs into a crate that has an opening on the side for them to easily...
I have three broody hens that have been laying on eggs for awhile. They are free range, so they laid their eggs in my barn. I had just had my baby so I didn’t pick the eggs up and now they are broody. I didn’t think anything about it but this morning when I was in the barn a noticed one of the...
I have three broody hens that have been laying on eggs for awhile. They are free range, so they laid their eggs in my barn. I had just had my baby so I didn’t pick the eggs up and now they are broody. I didn’t think anything about it but this morning when I was in the barn a noticed one of the...