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  1. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    @quailtrail LOL!! What a hoot! You're math is worse than mine! Never ask in the spring how many chickens I have.... ask in the fall.... At least the number stays consistent through the winter!! Enjoy your...22+ more or less chickadees!!
  2. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Quote: 1. Well, I have 15 hens - 13 are laying, 1 just hatched a batch, 1 has retired herself from laying -- she's into her 5th yr and I haven't seen her on a nest this summer. Then there are 2 batches of chicks.... well, now 3 batches. One batch of 4 pullets at almost a full 4 months old...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Quote: FORGIVEN!! I am not a computer geek, just an ordinary person who spent a lot of time learning what I needed to know to make the cameras work and a lot of money buying the cameras and a lot of sweat installing them ..... and for what? Just to share my chicken's world with others. So I...
  4. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    UPDATE to Weekend Hatch --- The clutch has hatched -- took ~60 hrs for the 6 eggs to ALL hatch. I have no idea what they are.... maybe just a barnyard mix. I need to check with the lady that gave me the eggs. So we have 6 very busy chicklets running around. LESSON LEARNED -- DO NOT USE...
  5. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    How did you do your set up? I would like to do the same but for security reasons/ maybe a little bit of spying on my girls TiaRC On the site I wrote a little blog about how I did the set up. If you click on the "The Hub" picture, you should go there. The biggest and most expensive hurdle is...
  6. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Every time I want to watch your cams but it never works! It is soooo stupid!!!!!!!!!!! Could it possibly be that you are using Internet Explorer? Because it clearly states on the site, that the cams only work with Safari, Firefox or Chrome.
  7. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    I love my cams too, TiaRC! I know what those girls are up to.... ALL the time.
  8. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    LIVE CAMS - Hatching now.... You can watch the last egg of the clutching hatching and see the darling chicklets by going to www.clucksnducks.com and clicking on CAMS. She has hatched 4 dark chicks and 1 light chick since yesterday AM. There are 6 all together. You can see the egg in front of...
  9. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thanks so much Lady of McCamley & fisherlady! Great advice and the videos encouraging.
  10. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    A few ?s b4 the big hatch event. 1-do I keep momma & chicks separate from general population from the beginning or wait maybe a week? 2-if not separated, then how do I keep big birds from eating chick feed and chicks from eating big bird feed? Right now, with 2 days to go, the momma & nest are...
  11. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    UPDATE on MOVING THE HEN to the floor. In previous threads I explained the broody was about 3.5 ft off the floor and was worried about chicks falling out. So with numerous helpful suggestions on here, I moved her to the floor. I had tried moving her and her eggs once before and she went...
  12. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Yelp!! She moved over very smoothly. Those eggs better be viable! I didn't candle them. The lady that gave me 8 eggs had hers hatch just 3 days ago or so. 21 days exactly. So I know they're fertile. Had a lot of issues with other hens getting in the nest while momma was out on her only...
  13. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    OK How's that! Take a looky at clucksnducks.com Ready for the event.... Saturday is the day .... (June 14, 2014) Can't get any closer..... So.... gotta make a phone call then I'm going out to move her.
  14. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    What a hoot! You must have posted just as I was. Read my post just before yours. Yes, she is NOT in the bottom nest box. Moving her tonight. After dark, so she wakes up in this area and hopefully she won't throw a fit. But her eggs will be with her. Count down to Saturday. Trying to get...
  15. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    OK --- If you go to my site --- www.clucksnducks.com --- click on CAMS and you will see the 1st CAM shows the brooding area I set up today. The bottom CAM shows it from across the coop. I plan to move her tonight. In the 3rd CAM down from the top, you can see her and how high she is. Chicks...
  16. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thanks folks for the ideas. The complication comes in that I won't be home during the hatch. I have to be out of town Fri & Sat and Sat is 21 days. Also there really is NO room inside that nest for food & water. I've tried that already and she fills the whole thing. So... I'm thinking I...
  17. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    Hope someone can give me good advice on what to do. No Roo. I've had hens go broody but of course, No Roo. This time around I slipped 7 fertile eggs under her. But I am worried about the height of the nest. I tried moving her and the eggs into a dog crate on the floor and she went nuts. So...
  18. sab

    Broody Hen Thread!

    I have a hen gone broody by a couple of days. My nests are all up high. Tomorrow I'm picking up fertile eggs to slip under her. Should I be concerned about the height and new chicks? Move her now or wait & move them all after hatch?? Should I separate her from the others when chicks hatch or let...
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