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The roost they were on is 6ft from the ground and the second one is about 4 1/2ft. I have a poo board and a trash can nearby so the babies can get up and down pretty easily. I went out there tonight and the 2 Black Stars were up there snuggled next to each other all by themselves... The RIR...

When I went to tuck all my chickens in for the night momma hen decided it was time to start roosting at the ripe old age of 3 1/2 weeks. And this is why I love raising chicks with a broody hen! They teach the chicks all the important things about being a chicken instead of waiting until they...

Exciting news!! Momma accepted the chicks!! I lost my Buff Orpington at some point and not sure how she died but I still have a RIR and 3 Sexlinks so I'm happy. :D It was a moment of truth this morning. I opened the broody box and a chick jumped right up on her and she growled at her and went...

So far so good! Everyone is quiet... hope that's a good sign. Eggs are all out from under her and chicks are snuggled into her feathers. I decided to only get 5 chicks and not over load her. I guess the real test will be tomorrow if/when she decides to leave the nest. She is a sweet hen...

My eggs are fertile. I was going to toss them because I don't need any more EE chicks. I hope it goes well too! It's a huge gamble I know, but it could pay back big. I have a back up plan but I will be holding my breath!! Earlier today I took her off the nest so she ate, drank, dust bathed...

I am planning on getting chicks tonight to put under a broody hen. She is a first time mom but always been a very determined to sit. She has been sitting on eggs for over a week. How old is to old for chicks to be adopted by a broody? These babies were hatched Jan. 13th and today is the...

Its been SO long since I have visited this thread.. I am officially on the hunt for some hatching eggs for my broody Her "official" broody nest area will be 4x as big as that box + a separate pen area. I question about broody size and number of eggs. How many eggs would you give this...

Has anyone been around a broody turkey? I checked my Bronze Turkey hen's "hidden" nest today (to make sure all she had was her own eggs and not any chicken) and she was already on it. She has been spending most of the day and nights on her nest. All I can say is she takes the broody attitude...

Wanted to share a pic of the chicks first day out side. It was full of dust bathing, sun bathing (during the "sun breaks" I live in Washington after all...), and playing "keep away" with worms longer then they were tall Broody Mama did a good job keeping all 9 chicks close by and...

I think my chickens are going to be the end of me... So the egg that I was too afraid to open, because it was dark green and I couldn't see through I stuck under a different broody on turkey eggs to give it more time. It hatched yesterday afternoon (super cute chick too!). So in the evening...

I have a question, I was affraid to crack open one of my green eggs because I couldn't see in to it and I put it under a different broody that is 7 days into sitting on turkey eggs because broody momma was done sitting and wanted to take her chicks out, well I checked that egg today and I am...

Hatch Day was Friday and all the chicks hatched out on Wednesday and Thursday! I started with 16 eggs - Broody ate 2 = 14 - 2 rolled out a few days before hatch and died - 1 green egg that never developed - 1 green egg that I cannot see into but maybe a late bloomer so I stuck it under a...

This am when I went out to check on the chickens and my broody I opened her door to refill her food and I forgot to shut the kennel door when I left So when I went out this pm to do my head count I went to shut it and noticed 2 eggs that had fallen out of the nest. All 13 eggs had movement 2...

Congrats! She looks like she is taking her job seriously... Gorgeous girl. I just had a second Austra White hen go broody so I gave her 5 Bronze turkey eggs last night.

I will be on day 21 on Friday. I hope we all have some chick action next week! My last broody waited on her own for 3 days after a few chicks already hatched. She even took them out, got food and water and came back to the nest on her own. If I didn't have any chicks hatch I would wait 25...

Nope not possible. She is in a locked XL dog crate. The way the egg was cracked only on one end with most of the shell intact and not smashed told me it was the hens doing and not just an accidental smooshing.

So I am on day 14 today and I snuck in and candled the eggs while mommy to be was dust bathing and all looks good so far. One thing I am curious about is my hen looks to have eaten another one of her eggs she was sitting on. Has anyone had their hen do this? All her eggs seemed to be developing...