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  1. rumbleBee_STi

    First time broody, first time chook mom to a broody!

    @Ridgerunner @DobieLover Just in case y’all wanted to see some very cute babies! My broody was sitting on 3 eggs only. The white/silver baby is a (very) mixed breed bantam & black w/white chin baby is a buff Brahma/black copper Maran mix & both hatched yesterday on day 21, the third baby is...
  2. rumbleBee_STi

    First time broody, first time chook mom to a broody!

    Ahhh oh okay I see. Fortunately, she’s my only bantam who lays & none of my big girls have access to her nest. But I will take note of that for when my biggies ever go broody! 😊
  3. rumbleBee_STi

    First time broody, first time chook mom to a broody!

    Thank you for that. I will dive into that post. Kinda wish I would’ve posted this question before moving her now 🤦🏻‍♀️ I had no clue about that extra layer of fat forming, it’s much like a female human I assume. I unnecessarily overthink & over complicate a lot of these things, when chickens...
  4. rumbleBee_STi

    First time broody, first time chook mom to a broody!

    Just to clarify, I brought her inside the day after she first started to sit, & gave her the 2 extra eggs then. I have trouble explaining step by step in text for some reason. I did not want her to deal with staggered hatching just in case she did end up abandoning the remaining eggs. Yes she’s...
  5. rumbleBee_STi

    First time broody, first time chook mom to a broody!

    Sorry to take so long to reply. Have a young cockerel who just had crop surgery last week & have been dealing with it some issues. I noticed she had been staying in her coop all day & went to check & seen her sitting on 1 of her own eggs which she sat on the one egg for the rest of the day into...
  6. rumbleBee_STi

    First time broody, first time chook mom to a broody!

    It seems like the warm weather is gone for good now, & cold weather has been hitting hard, sometimes down into the teens at night....sadness. One of my little silkie/Cochin bantam girls decided this would be the perfect time to go broody. This is my first year raising chickens, never had one of...
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