broodie hen

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    My year old silkie hen has been broody for 5-6 weeks

    As the title suggests, my silkie has been broody for around five weeks, maybe more, I’ve lost track of time in the midst of my war against nature. I have tried everything, I’ve taken her out of the coop every morning for three weeks and locked her out, as a result she hopped up onto the coop...
  2. Galaxy_rules

    BLACKBERRY HAS BABIES!!!

    Blackberry my broodie just hatched two happy, healthy, silkie chicks! I came to gather eggs at 6:45 pm, to make some muffins with my mom 🥰 I came over and saw a raccoon, I counted all my chickens, and luckily everyone was there 😅 I went into the coop and found one egg. We needed two. My mom told...
  3. Galaxy_rules

    What happened?!

    It’s day 23 for my eggs under Blackberry ( broodie ). Yesterday morning I went to let my chickens out, everyone ( except Blackberry ) came out as usual. I scoped up three cups of pellets for 11 chickens outside, then I scooped a small bit of stage two chick food out for Blackberry ( I usually...
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    Small problem...

    I have worked hard for about a week to prepare a small makeshift coop inside of a larger coop and run that is unsafe. I have. A wire dog crate that I made sides for and a small hardware cloth run coming off of it. Well, I put the final touches on it thus afternoon and planned on moving my broody...
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    Broodie Adopts Some Chicks But Pecks Others?

    Hi there! This is the 2nd batch of chicks I've raised so I'm not totally new but still have a lot to learn. Thanks in advance for the help. I have a carmel on white speckled Isbar that went Broodie about 4 weeks ago and started sitting on just 2 eggs. She is super easy going so I figured she...
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    First time with a broody hen...HELP!!

    First time with a broodie hen. New to having chickens. We do not have a rooster, so there is no need to incubate any eggs. I have 2 stages of layers. 5 of the hens have been laying for about 4 months now, any I have 4 more that are about to, or have just started laying. Over the past week or so...
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