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The broody trait comes in the breed. For instance. I bred my hens to a Standard Gamefowl. Which are pretty good brooders. I kept a pullet from him. The mother is a EE. She is broody and only been laying for 3 months. All depends on the genetics of the breed.

Hey everyone! Long time since I've been on here. I have one serama broody hen, one that wants to go broody on me. Then another standard hen who is toying with the idea. Hopefully we will have lots of babies soon.

Oh gosh, this weather is making me nervous. I have Cochin babies out in the coop with a heat lamp and their pen is wrapped in a tarp. Then I have Olive (broody silkie) that decided to go broody in the two days it was warm with NO warning. So I gave her eggs. She's on day 8 with 9 bantam Cochin...

Candle the other eggs. Sometimes the hen wants to get out and teach the new chicks so bad that she doesnt wait on the others to hatch. Or at least thats how my hens are. I would candle them and if they are still living stick them in the incubator (if you have one) I have had a egg hatch later...

I dont know how your get along! All my hens hate eachother and eachothers chicks! My OEGB bantam attacks the silkie hens whenever they look her way!

5 more days! I get excited everytime!!

Ok I feel terrible! I decided that was way to many chicks to keep over the winter. So I removed everyones eggs. Louise ( Serama hen) wasnt completely broody so she is still clucking but should be back to her old self soon. My Silkie Olive , is a different story. I took her eggs (golf balls)...

Well you gotta love broodys! As soon as you dont want them to go broody they go broody! I went out last night to find another silkie hen sitting on 3 golf balls screeching at me and was still on it this morning. So she is serious. Then I go to my serama hutch and SHE is sitting on her nest...

Haha Very funny! My chickens arent used to it and neither am I!! LOL

Hey! Dont make fun! I walked outside and had to put on a coat! I hate cold weather mainly because hatching and breeding comes to an end! At least I have these buggers to watch. Just for the record silkies are SERIOUS broodys when she is on that nest she is in a trance an will peck the life...

Ugh, remember back in June when I was complaining about getting hens to go broody? WELL! I have a silkie with two chicks, my BB Red bantam hen with her 6 chicks (3rd brood this year since march for her) and now I have another Silkie hen siting on two of my Seramas eggs and one of hers. Not to...

Im so excited! Im going to have two broodies at once! Im buying a silkie tomorrow with two little babies! Also my BB Red Bantam hen still has her 6 chicks she hatched a week ago and one of those is a silkie. ( He was a mistake, she stole the egg from my silkie hens. )

My BB Red Hen (Gracie) these are her new babies! 4 of her breed, 1 barred rock bantam and one silkie ( she stole that egg) Thanks for looking!! :)

My hen has a pip!! So exciting! I heard it peeping up a storm! Cant wait to see what hatches! tomorrow is hatch day, Im not checking again until tomorrow. Yeah ok, Im going to try,...

OH MY GOSH!! I did not know this! Where can I get the Diatomacious earth? and the Neem Oil?

Ugh here we go again! My little Old English Bantam (Gracie) got off her nest she was scratching and preening alot so I looked. Her whole butt was covered in mites. She hatched a clutch during the summer and ever one died. Three of them. One because of pasty butt the others mites. I warmed...

Well its getting closer and closer to time!! My hens eggs are due Monday! I get excited every single hatch! I love broodies! She started with 8, stole one of my silkies and I didnt realize it until a few days after she had sat on it that made it 9 then one of the bantam eggs stopped growing...

A Copperhead got in with the hen and got both ducklings. The other egg didnt hatch. I felt sooo bad for my duck....

Well night one of trying to move my BB Red Hen Gracie on to the new nest in the new hutch with her other bantam flock mates. I tried doing it this morning but she wasnt having it. Tonight she screeched then scooted the eggs under her. Maybe because it was pitch black! Lets hope she sticks...

Scratch that! I dont what happened! Both eggs hatched but the ducklings are on where to be found this morning. Im devastated! She has one more egg due saturday! Lets hope it hatches!