Looks like she stopped being broody, just shy of 3 weeks. She wasn't just helping set the eggs, she had been on her own nest this whole time.
She was out all day, never returned to her nest (even though there were still dummy eggs in it). Flaky girl!
So I have two broodies right now and I estimate the hatch date to be tomorrow (although I'm not sure exactly what day they started sitting). One is a cochin, the other is a turken. This morning the chickens were out free-ranging and I heard an egg-song. I'm not getting many eggs these days...
I have a question for everyone who has hatched with a broody hen before.
We're on our second attempt. Our first attempt was a miserable failure (multiple mistakes, ultimately the broody abandoned her nest and the half-incubated eggs during a nest move).
A few days ago, we had another one of...
Hi all,
I have my first batch of chicks in the brooder, so very new to this! They are 3.5 weeks old and just about ready to go outside into the coop (with a heat lamp, since nights here are cold). Tonight as I was checking on the chickens, I noticed that one of the smaller ones is limping. I...