I'm just curious...does seeing a broody hen make other hens want to go broody? I had my first broody hen last month and now I have three more that went broody So I was just curious of others experiences or opinions about this.
lol I know, right? My hubby isn't going to be thrilled when I tell him I decided to let her hatch babies, but here's to hoping the hatch date will soften him up a bit!
I decided to give her fresh eggs that were just laid today by some other girls. So I'm putting them all under her today and she's ready to go! She has a very determined look about her! Thank you for the tip about marking the eggs, I'm about to go out and do that. And if tomorrow starts...
I'm so happy to have found this thread! I have a silkie that has been acting broody for several days now and I have just decided today that I will let her try and hatch out some babies. This is so exciting as I've never done this before, I just always bought my peeps online, so this is a new...
Oh my gosh!! I'm so in love with your babies! They are too cute! The polish frizzle is so cool looking and your sebright just looks like the biggest sweetheart! Did you name them yet?
Ohhhh I'm soooo happy for you!!! That is just wonderful after what happened with your shipping incident. I am just really glad to hear that your silkie got to be a mama and she sounds very very happy!! Enjoy!!
And don't forget to post pics!
Oh I know, I am trying so hard to not worry, although I'm pretty confident at this point since this is my 5th batch of raising them from day old. But it's still hard to not worry, there's always something to think about, lol.
Oh! The blue silkie is the first one I laid my eyes on when I...
Here are just a couple of pictures I took from last night, for some reason, most of my photos turned out blurry, so I will have to take some more.
The first is of my Partridge Silkie and Blue Silkie.....oh the fluffy cuteness!
The next is of what I believe is a buff brahma bantam and also...