Buff Orpington (10 months old) went extremely broody and we at last decided to put a few hatching eggs under her three weeks ago today. She has been a wonderful mama, and has hatched 3 chicks so far (two yesterday and one today). Unfortunately one of the eggs was dirty and became rotten and I...
New to posting but have been following the forum for a while, so much wisdom here! We have 14 hens in our flock (all about 9 months old), no rooster. One of our Buff Orpintons has gone quite broody this spring, faithfully (heartbreakingly!) setting on a few eggs 24/7 for more than a week. So we...