In CT, looking for half a dozen fertilized eggs for a broody hen. Prefer olive eggers, Ameraucana, and other non brown layers (BCM and welsummers are also welcome).
Thank you! She is a new Hampshire red (we think). We are really trying to minimize the number of chickens we add this year so hoping not all 6 hatch actually. Thanks again!
We have a broody hen and she's, well, tenacious. We are thinking of just getting her some fertilized eggs to hatch but didn't really want to add much to our flock. Is it possible to get her less than a full clutch? If we got around 5/6 fertilized eggs, would that break the broodiness and get...
Question: where did you get your sand? I'm looking into this as well for my run and having a heck of a time outside lugging a ton home from home depot.
Just to button up this thread for posterity, I ended up putting them in the coop at noon after letting them free feed for about 5-6 hours. Let them out after the storm had mostly passed at about 6 or so. They were certainly hungry but they did just fine. They might have touched the in-coop...
first time chookman here. with hurricane isaias (spelling?) coming up the east coast, i locked my flock of 7 10-week olds in the coop with some water. i was going to avoid giving them any food in the coop to reduce the chances of getting unwanted pests in the coop, and I made sure they ate...