broody and chicks

We are attempting to hatch some eggs this year. Over the winter we lost 2 hens to cats. We have one hen that's been pretty broody lately so we decided to see if she will hatch the eggs. We had to start removing the ceramic eggs from whenever she was brooding because she wouldn't leave them...

Hi! I am fairly new to the farm world. We have a small backyard chicken coop we started in March, '23. We have 4 hens (1 Rhoad Island Red and 3 Orpingtons) currently. A few weeks ago, one became broody (before we re-homed our Rhoad Island Red rooster) and just yesterday, we got our first baby...

I have a broody hen that has been sitting on 4 eggs & so far she has hatched 3 of them but the chicks unfortunately are not able to get out of the nesting box to eat or drink. One chick has already fallen out of the box before but was not able to get back in by itself but I put it back in the...

I know there are a lot of threads discussing integration, but I thought I would just ask for advice since my situation is unique. I have two coops: the first is for my adult hens, though in the warmer months they refuse to sleep in the coop and roost in the trees at night (I've come to the...

I've searched the threads about broody hens, but none seem to answer my question. For context, this is a rather long story, but it will result in my question. When one of my Golden Wyandottes (GW) went broody last year, I tried to break that habit, to no avail. So this year I sought out a...

Hi all! I posted a few days ago about my hen, Henrietta, going missing for a couple weeks, only to be found with a clutch of eggs. They are meant to hatch tomorrow, but one hatched this morning. It has a very small amount of unbroken yellow yolk sack protruding from its backside but...

Hi! I have 3 hens that went broody at the same time. I didn’t have the heart to tell 2 of them no. Now all 3 have 3 babies each I’ve had no issues with the rest of the flock and the babies, but if the mamas come across another mama, they fight, really bad. I have all 3 mamas separated right...

I have 2 hens (Blackie and Whitey). Blackie is the top of the pecking order and is quite aggressive to Whitey especially at feeding times. A feral Rooster made its way into my yard and mated with them both. Whitey went broody and hatched one of the fertilized eggs, she then lost interest in...

I have a broody hen for about 2 weeks. Tried putting babies under her she sat for a few minutes then got up. When she laid back down the babies wouldn’t go under her, and she did nothing. How do I know if they accept each other?

Theyre hatching! We’re 3 years into chickens and finally got a broody momma who hatched out! So far 4/9 have hatched. It is 60-75 here during the day and 40-55 during the night. I have the momma (still sitting but doing well with her babies) and her chicks in a separated brooder coop. It’s...

Yesterday I put some day old chicks under my Buff Orpington who has been aggressively broody, and I believe she's accepted them. However, it's her first time getting any chicks, what milestones should I be looking for? At what point should she be leaving the nest with them to walk around or show...

Is this vent prolapse? How do I take care of this? Do I allow her two babies back under her? Please help!

I have a buff minorca who has gone Broody twice. I was told that these chickens don't go broody and she is under a year old but she has successfully sitting on two viable eggs about 4 days gestation. Anybody had luck with a buff Minorca??

Hi All! Our broody French Black Copper Marans hen, Rowena, has been sitting on stone eggs for ten days now and is super broody. She is a year old and has been broody about six times already. Since we don't have a rooster, we've had to break her, but this time we thought bit might be fun to let...

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Hello can some one help me out ? I have a hen and I know that she is broody I just noticed that she has been in her box since this morning I went out there to feed and give them water and she is still in the box .. so I know that her eggs are fertile do I move her out of there away from the rest...

I have a broody hen which is hatching her eggs today, and the other which went broody yesterday. I plan to move the one that just went broody to the same place with the one that's hatching today, but I'm not sure if that's good. I also plan to separate them with some sort of fabric so they...

On of our hens (hatched this spring, out by a broody hen), was acting very odd last week. We were worried that she may be egg bound as she wasn't moving. Unfortunately, we observed her odd behavior as we were leaving for the airport for the week. We came back, nervously afraid to find a very...

Hi- my first ever broody hen raised 4 day old chicks and they are now almost 5 weeks old. Yesterday mama hen laid her first egg, and began acting less interested in her chicks. She isn’t aggressive or rude to them, just not calling to them when food is near etc. After she laid her egg she began...

I had a hen become broody and she ended up collecting 12 eggs. When I discovered where she was and she was definitely broody, I did candling and we were going to have 10 babies. Well, yesterday they all decided to hatch. One of her eggs pipped but has not zipped or made any improvement since...