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  1. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    What absolutely precious ladies! :love
  2. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Lol how funny! I can see the resemblance! :) He is so adorable! My buff laced polish is a ratty little specimen. His tail is horrible, his crest doesn't stick up that much, he THINKS the world revolves around him! *sigh* And we love him. He is my 15 y/o son's baby. He named him Till after a...
  3. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    I do not know my cochins at all, but glancing at feathersite I am thinking probably mottled. They sure are adorable! :love
  4. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Alright, this is 2 of her boys. They also have random black feathers but i don't see any in this pic. Hard to believe these were solid yellow chicks, isn't it! :) They are at that awkward teenage phase right now. Lol
  5. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Oh my! I woukd probably give my right arm for a frizzle tolbunt polish! That, IMO, is chicken perfection! 'Poor'coloring or not, I bet he is beautiful! So far, as the babies grow they get a crest but because they dion't have the vaulted skull it doesn't stick up much. Strangely her last ones...
  6. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Congratulations on your first broody hatch! :ya I completely agree about that christmas morning feel!
  7. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thanks. :) They are from her eggs (bantam naked neck) crossed with my standard buff laced polish roo. :) So far her older (same mix) chicks are turning out beautiful. As soon as she 'weaned' tbe first ones she went broody again!
  8. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thank you! :) I love her dearly. When I bought her I kept questioning her size and the man insisted she was a standard. She is the tiniest bantam ever! Lol Yes, she hatched 6 last time and this time. She hides her nest and only sits on her own eggs. I had one I was holding out hope on from her...
  9. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Awww thanks. Me too! :) I got so excited when I saw her new little puffballs. Now here's hoping they aren't ALL boys like her last hatch! :th
  10. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    I apologize if you interpreted any sort of...bad(?) tone in my reply. No particular 'tone' was intended or even implied. I am saying it's not going to work far more often than it would and that you had a couple of things going for you that most people trying to graft chicks would not. I was also...
  11. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    So you had chicks running around alone in the flock starting at 1 week old? A couple of very significant differences there is your chicken had just hatched chicks so I am sure switching older live chicks with the live chicks she already had would be a little more likely to work, though not much...
  12. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    This! Plus if you wait a week or so the chicks will be even older. The chance of her accepting 'big kids' like that seems pretty tiny. The chance of those chicks accepting her, even tinier. If you can't get brand new babies I wouldn't even consider it.
  13. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thanks. :) I was so excited. She actually hid way under my deck in a place impossible to get to or see so I just had to wait. It was torture! Lol
  14. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Don't mess with tbe momma hen! Lol My precious liitle Violet just came out with 6 perfect little sweethearts this morning! :) She is a super tiny bantam naked neck. The only bantam in my flock. But my oh my she looks like a big girl here! Lol
  15. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    :love keep them and love them? Lol (this is what my kids say to me when I say what am I going to do with you)
  16. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    As Forest Gump says, Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are gonna get. Lol This pic shows three of mine hatched from the same rooster/hen pair. They are from a buff laced polish roo and a white naked neck hen. Two have slate legs like the roo. One has yellow like the...
  17. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Are you sure it was her laying the other eggs and not other hens sneaking onto her nest? But either way, yes, if she was already sitting tight and new eggs were being added those will hatch later. Since she is continuing to stay with those eggs i would make sure the older chicks have access to...
  18. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Poor little girl. I had the exact same thing happen (though just torrential downpour minus the hail) and like you, figured I would cause more harm than good. Her babies weren't even damp though she was completely soaked. Aren't momma hens the most amazing creatures ever! :)
  19. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    I am not doubting at all that you have done far more than me...I am sure many have. I was merely commenting on what you said, which was the chance of the chicks bonding with the mother at that age was slim to none. I still very much disagree with that as they would be shipped as day old chicks...
  20. TXchickenchick

    Broody Hen Thread!

    The chicks you order are the same age as feedstore chicks...they order them and have them shipped, too. I have never had an issue with the chicks taking straight to their new mom. I have never had a hen refuse the chicks either, but then I have crazy mom centric chickens! Lol The main issue I...
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