broody and chicks

  1. Bath time!

    Bath time!

    Hiding behind a shed to get this shot. 😆
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  2. H

    Broody hen

    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...
  3. Pufna

    2 broody hens, 2 different hatch dates, same place?

    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...
  4. C

    My Hen went broody and hatched chicks in Freezing January... What do I do

    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...
  5. L

    Broody hen laid first egg after raising chicks, doesn’t look well

    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...
  6. tifaus

    Help!

    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...
  7. N

    Introduce store-bought chicks to broody hen all at once or in batches?

    Our 7 chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery just arrived today (72-ish hours old), and our 1yo Buff Orpington has been broody for 2.5 weeks. I planned on introducing all 7 of the chicks to her tonight in her brood box while she sleeps (slipping them in from behind her so she doesn't see me doing...
    • nicolevg
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  8. Tea_Birbs

    Quail hen broodiness, and how to make a quail broody

    Due to the history of quails, quail hens have started to lose their broodiness but it doesn’t mean they aren’t broody at all. From my experience with quails, hens will lay one egg in a safe area and leave the egg/s. Everyday she will stockpile eggs in the same spot for about 10-13 days and then...
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    • broody and chicks quail quail advice quail broody
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    • Forum: Quail
  9. MakenhaCheeseman

    Adding chicks to the flock

    I’ve been thinking about what to do with my ISA browns when they no longer lay enough eggs. I’ve heard they’re not good meat chickens so I’ve decided to let them live on and just roam and be happy for the rest of their lives, but i’m questioning what to do if i get new chicks. do i have to do...
  10. H

    Quarantine Baby Chicks Before Giving to Mom?

    I want to try to give the chicks I have ordered from Meyer’s hatchery to one of my broody hens. Do I need to quarantine those chicks before giving them to her? If so how long?
  11. ChickenNewbie2020

    Broody hen with chicks about to hatch

    We discovered one of our hens was broody. She now has 5 eggs under her and will likely hatch some next week. As I am new to this I don’t know what to do. We have 2 other hens and a rooster (who is not nice) Once the chicks hatch do we have to take mama and babies out of the coop and raise...
  12. Tclloyd0812

    Should I separate hen and chicks?

    I have a hen that is sitting on about 10 fertile eggs right now. It's only day 3 so I'm not making major plans, but I would like to get advice on whether or not I should separate the hen and chicks when they hatch. I don't mean separate as in take the chicks from the mother, I mean move the hen...
  13. Chikenux

    I want a Broody Breed hen

    Hi all, Would like to know of a breed that can sit on their eggs and hatch them. A breed that is good for eggs if lucky also meat Thanks.
  14. ChristyBloom

    Advice on putting 2 Broodies together

    I’m wondering if I can put two broody hens together that have hatched chicks one week apart? They were together initially, but on separate nests and seemed to tolerate each other’s presence. The problem… the second broody is only going to hatch one egg. I have a space problem and keeping them...
  15. A

    Help! Mama Hen has had just 1 egg hatch!

    Broody mama wouldn’t break so we got her a gift of 4 (apparently) fertilized eggs. We wanted to be all natural and let her do her thing so we never candled- she has been so devoted to sitting and keeping these eggs safe. We had to lift her off the nest daily as she wasn’t caring for herself- we...
  16. T

    2 BROODY HENS NEED ADVICE FAST

    I have a very small flock of chicken and one of them went broody so I decided I would get eggs for her because my incubator try was a fail. The eggs are going along greatly. Sadly we lost one towards the beginning but I ran into a problem about 2-3 days ago... my eggs are very close to hatching...
  17. LCsAChickenLover

    Broody Austra White

    Find it odd that a hybrid of such is as broody as this gal has been recently. I am thinking about putting one of my 3 day old chicks under her, she has been sitting for about 14-15 days now on rocks I am unsure of this hens age or if she has been broody before, often, hatched chicks, etc., as I...
  18. Tmartin7711

    Hen hatching abandoned quail eggs

    My neighbors had ripped up some bushes and found quail eggs. They set them nearby but the were abandoned. I have a broody silkie so I ran and grabbed them. She has been sitting on them for about a day. The neighbors said they were sitting there for about a week, any chance they could hatch?
  19. Harmoni

    When should they roost?

    Babies that are 5 weeks old today. Mama is still broody with them and they are still sleeping in a nest box. Should I take the nest away? She brings them to ved earlier than the other chickens go to roost. If I take her nest away, is she just going to being them to a nest box that is for laying...
  20. Johnchickens2

    Hen doesnt accept bought chicks

    Hello everyone, I have a hen that has been brooding eggs (not fertile) for 3 weeks. Yesterday I bought chicks and tried to put them under her, but it did not work. She started to peck at them. The mistake was that I didn't wait for a full darkness!! I tried again at night, with a little...
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