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  1. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thanks everyone! So the chicks came early. Today I went out with them and put two under her, she excepted them at first, but then she didn't, and then she kinda did. I stayed with her a bit out there, but I decided not to chance anything, all of the chicks are together. Oh well. :/ Hopefully...
  2. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    I currently have a Salmon Favorelle that has gone broody. She has gone broody once before, but quit. I have a shipment of 17 chicks coming tommorrow. I'm going to put some of those chicks under her that night, and see what she does. Hopefully all will work out well, she really really wants to be...
  3. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    If you didn't give them all on the same day then they are probably not all going to hatch, she will start incubating them once you give them to her. Therefore some are more developed than others and will hatch sooner than others. Next time when you want a broody to hatch eggs store the eggs...
  4. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    How many more does she have to hatch?
  5. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Good to hear! Hens will typically abandone the nest after 24 hours from when the first one hatched. Some will stay on it longer some won't. It just depends on the hen, and if she feels she needs to start raising the chicks that have already hatched.
  6. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    I agree. Even though we might think we can tell the eggs apart sometimes we can make that mistake. It's best to pencil mark them just in case.
  7. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thank you both. :) I am going to break her, but I have tried in the past to break broodys like you say and it took them longer than the incubation time for them to finally be done and they are all laying eggs. I don't want her hatching chicks this young, but I would like her to hatch in the...
  8. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Does anyone know why she might be doing this so young, especially for her breed?
  9. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Well one of my young hens started going broody today. She's plucking her feathers putting them in the nest, she's also growling and puffing her feathers up when I come to collect the eggs. She is a Salmon Favorelle and she is only 6 1/2 months, she just started laying eggs a week and half ago. I...
  10. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    OH I sure hope everything turns out okay! She should be staying on the nest all the time to keep the humidity up.
  11. CherriesBrood

    Broody Hen Thread!

    She definitely looks like she has some other breed in her. Maybe welsummer? I'm not sure exactly. Hope you have more babies hatch! They are cute!
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