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  1. laurieb01

    Broody Hen Thread!

    I just tried the water on a soup spoon and it worked well. She drank a lot. Then I cleared out space s moved the chick waterer close to her. She drank and drank. I swear I could hear her tummy rumbling! I put mash in a low plastic jar lid and that is by her, too. I will shut her door before I...
  2. laurieb01

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thank you. When we walk up to the house we can hear peeping but when we open the door mama clucks and the peeping stops. Lol!
  3. laurieb01

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Here is our first chick - hatched yesterday. 2 more hatched this morning. Mama hasn't moved off of them yet. These are Serama chicks and mama is a Bantam Cochin. We put her in a crate to brood and she is inside the hen house. It's very cold and windy today or we would have moved the crate out...
  4. laurieb01

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Ha! Sounds like me. I make scrambled eggs (with shells) for my girls all the time. I step out of the house and I'm surrounded by 8 little girls all jockeying for position. We aren't supposed to have chickens in our town which is weird because it's a little country town. But lots of people do and...
  5. laurieb01

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Hi Sandy - we have a little Cochin who goes broody a lot. We have put her in a wire floored dog cage (no bedding) with a perch in our basement. Broody jail. Once she starts eating again she is usually over it and is back out with the flock. It only takes a couple of days. She got lucky this time...
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