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    first time broody hen & human mama

    HOORAY!!!!! Terri, my latest broody , finally has her freedom!!!! It was so weird, she would be fine outside during the day but at bedtime, she was in a nest so off to the basement for the night. Last night she was on the roost with the rest of the girls & this morning out & about!!!!! Only...
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Hi everyone, Leone came back home Tuesday evening & things are going pretty good. Of course some hen pecking going on but nothing major. Now for the new news. Another one of the girls has gone broody & I put her in the cool basement in an elevated wire bottom cage last Friday morning---day 2...
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Update---- Talked with the neighbor this morning & decided she would take baby & Mom home for awhile. She also has 8 or 9 chicks she hatched in incubator. They are 1 - 1 1/2 weeks old. She has them all together & will see how that goes. She made the move about 4:00 this afternoon. I...
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    That's pretty much my gut, also. Didn't sleep much last night.
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Well, we have 'a' baby!!!!!! Arrived sometime between 8:45 Wed night & 10:00 Thursday morning. 23 days plus. She still has 2 eggs so we'll see if anyone else hatches tomorrow. The neighbor who donated the eggs will be taking the baby Sat morning. Sure hope Leone does OK. Have to admit, I...
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Today was her first time returning to her nest on her own!!!!!!! I tried to candle the eggs yesterday when she was out & about. 14 1/2 days. My flashlight kept cutting out on me. I only did 7 of the 12. Some looked light & some dark but I didn't feel confident enough to toss any so will just...
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Well, almost 2 weeks & she's staying faithful. Still wanting to just go to a regular lay box & not to her nest but I try to keep a close tab on her time out & about so the eggs are not left too long. She did eat & drink before heading out the door today. I sure wish she would do this on her...
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Again, Thanks sooooo much to each one for your advice. Yesterday her time out & about was a good hour & today little less than 1/2 hour. Both times tho. she did not return to her eggs but to a regular nest box. Also, she ate & drank both days. Sooo glad to see. ydnak (Kandy)
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Leone has her own private apartment. I fenced off a 5' section underneath the roost platform. I wasn't sure but thought that was the way to go so she couldn't get bullied out of her nest & also so she would be all set when the babies hatched & the others couldn't bully them. Then after a...
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Thank you all for the 'welcome' & the advice. I did get Leone up & out this morning & I set her right by the water & she drank pretty good. She then ventured outside & had a good time running around, fluffing, preening & scratching. I did not find a 'dinosaur' poop but a good amount of very...
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Thanks soooo much for your advice. The reason I'm thinking she hasn't left the nest is there have been NO poops!!! Tomorrow I'll be for sure getting her up & out! Thanks again ydnak
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    first time broody hen & human mama

    Hi everyone, I live in Southwest lower Michigan on 40 acres with my husband, 4 cats, a horse & 5 hens. One of my 2 year old Buff Orpington hens has gone broody & the neighbor has supplied 12 eggs for her. Monday 4/14 mid afternoon I moved her to a sectioned off piece of the hen house & then...
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