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I was in there cleaning out and all the birds left but her. There was no egg but by the time I got fresh hay out she was on an egg. She also has some friends that will sit various times but not full time like her.

Strange part is they still lay eggs. Once we started pulling eggs because they could not brood them they went back to laying shortly after that. Even with pulling eggs multiple times a day they still sit, even though there is nothing to sit on.

I think it depends on the bird. I have Rangers that are broody 24/7 for the better part of this year, they are too large to hatch them and break eggs. I take away all the eggs daily but they still sit there but they eat and are quite healthy.

Last week was a bad one. 2 of the original Reds died one day apart and one of the Rangers died as well. They were all old but it caused lots of stress in the flock. My last Buff Orp is setting on eggs. She has never done this before this year and she did it this time right after the Reds died...

Last week was a bad one. 2 of the original Reds died one day apart and one of the Rangers died as well. They were all old but it caused lots of stress in the flock. My last Buff Orp is setting on eggs. She has never done this before this year and she did it this time right after the Reds died...

Last week was a bad one. 2 of the original Reds died one day apart and one of the Rangers died as well. They were all old but it caused lots of stress in the flock. My last Buff Orp is setting on eggs. She has never done this before this year and she did it this time right after the Reds died...

I was wondering if anyone has moved a broody on day 19 or with hatched chicks? My broody is on day 19 or so but she is elevated in a nesting area still used by all the other hens.. I thought of moving her into a hop house with some young Rangers. there is lots of room there. my other option is...

Cute pic gotta love watching them learn. X2 on the broodie mind set. MY current broodie buff is the wimp of the flock and has been for life. But she got up yesterday for fermented mash and water and the red who is the roost boss was sitting on her eggs. She jumped up and gave her a peck so the...

No way to get at her at night, the rooster is a 24/7 alarm bird. I thought about moving her to a bigger coop but I have no place to move her to. Finally the other birds are laying in the other box and not on her! I slipped her an egg from a ranger hen that I am sure is fertile so I guess it is a...

Ok here is my problem, I have had too many past bad Brodie's. Jersey Giants that broke eggs and the last were 3 Red Rangers that went broody shortly together. At first one bird had a huge clutch of eggs on an open floor and she would take any eggs laid that day. Th others joined in a week later...

In my limited past experience with this she will not leave the eggs. I had a broody setting on some "fertile eggs " I bought and out of 16 nothing happened, her previous brood was fine. Yes it can take longer than 21 days, I have had late eggs hatch on day 24.

Sorry for the loss. Turkey can be mean. But are you aware Turkey can get sick from Chickens? We just got our 6 Turkey for the year tonight and I look in our Ranger coop and 2 more broody hens added to the list. Who knows what this Will bring. I wonder how many eggs are they brooding?

Here is a 1st. I have a Red Ranger sitting on eggs for a week. She did not like my taking eggs and pecked at me so I say go for it. I hold little hope because I had a Jersey try it and break eggs at week 2 due to her large frame. Meantime 3 of my buff orps won't do a thing.

My broody Jersey is the same story 3 times. She sits for a week or so then she starts breaking them when she moves and its all over. Her incubator hatched girls just started to lay small dark brown eggs with really thick shells. I thought they had stopped but I realized I had not seen her in...

Broody hens will only eat when they want to. I tried last year to feed one mash, NO WAY she just puffed up. I never candle eggs under a broody. The bloom on them keeps them long enough. If one goes bad Mom will take care of it. I had a hen last year that went two cycles . She looked like heck...

That is sad, sorry to hear it. I have a Broody Jersey Giant that is like that. Second time this year she has been broody. First time around day 17 she was off the nest because she broke the eggs. This time she broke eggs in week one but then stole her sisters eggs. She plucked her self to brood...

If she was big enough you would be dead. Nice camera, I need to upgrade and start getting real pics

I know it's hard but I wait until day 18, lock down and candle then. We have dark brown eggs and they can be hard to read so I just wait. Never any problem with rotten eggs so far.I added some different fake eggs the other night and she took them and she stole her sisters egg. She is a broody...

Well my poor broody crushed her eggs. The nesting box was too small and no hay. She did not give up and she moved over to her sister's egg from today. No nesting box and I picked her up and put hay down. She has the plucked clean broody front and she is right back in the game. Started 8 eggs to...

My wife went to our Jersey Giant coop to get an egg. I warned her that the broody Jersey would peck her hand if she got close. She was on the nest being so quiet my wife wondered if she had died. She put her hand near her head and bap! she got pecked but no blood. Broody birds sure do look like...