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  1. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Just thought this thread would help you in your dilemma. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/264238/can-a-broody-hen-kill-herself-by-being-broody
  2. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    If you are worried, make her take breaks. If she's that dedicated she won't be put off. You don't want her starving or dehydrating herself with her dedication. Some hens need help especially if it's their first time. Our coops are not the wild (which provides far more privacy) and our breeds are...
  3. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    We used our OEGB girls to hatch chicks recently and with moving them indoors it threw them a bit and they would not voluntarily get off their eggs so we ended up taking them off their nests twice a day for a break until day 17. They knew when they needed to get back to their eggs and it...
  4. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    When I moved my bantam girls inside to brood they did not move off their eggs for 2 days. They were very thirsty! And hungry. After that we got them out twice a day for a break, until it was near hatching, then I spoon fed them water! In the run they would get up midday when it was hot and spend...
  5. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    My broodies are on straw with their babies. I've had no problems. It just ends up everywhere - in the food, in the waterer, all over my floor (they are bantams and currently indoors). I also bought some 2 week old chicks that I put on straw and they have been fine. My latest babies that...
  6. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    She won't move off the nest until she thinks all her eggs have hatched and she thinks all her babies can keep up with her. I recently had a broody where the chicks hatched day 19 (an hour after that one was born he was sticking his head out to be nosy), 20 and last one on day 21. It was 24...
  7. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Casper was a gorgeous rooster - on looks alone I can understand why you're having a hard time, but the fact that he was your little buddy too. That's just too sad. Let us know how Cleopatra gets on - I'm sure we all agree, everybody loves to see pictures of Mamas and babies!
  8. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Technically this is not a broody hen but she might as well be. I had got hatching eggs off a lovely lady but my one precious d'uccle egg didn't hatch as it had a tiny crack in it I hadn't noticed so it stopped development at about day 15 (it's the end of the season here in New Zealand so I was...
  9. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Hi 16 paws - yes they are currently residing in our laundry and my daughter and myself are handling the babies lots. We've both fallen in love with the partridge chick who is outgoing and gorgeous - 3 and a half hours after hatching she kept poking her head out from under mum to have a look...
  10. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Had to share - they are just so darn cute. Having hatched eggs under a broody I'm never buying an incubator. The girls have done such a good job. And I think it's hilarious that, even when eggs were pipping they were still rearranging them (banging them together!) and getting off for a...
  11. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Sorry - I forgot that what we call a Pekin Bantam in New Zealand is called a Cochin Bantam in America, so no duck eggs, just bantam chicken eggs. I did have to giggle at the thought of my tiny Old English Game Bantams trying to sit on a bunch of duck eggs! Six bantam eggs under each of them...
  12. JaeG

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Hi Everyone, just wanting some info on using broody hens, this being our first time. We currently have two Old English Game Bantam girls (who are VERY broody) sitting on some bantam eggs (2 d'uccle and 10 pekin eggs between them). We have just passed day three of incubation and everything is...
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