broody gave up

  1. Uhlhomestead

    Incubation timing question

    My husband and I have been keeping chickens for a little over a year now and we finally had our first broody hen. She disappeared 4 days ago and after searching extensively we assumed she'd been taken by a hawk. Two days later we bought a batch of chicks to replenish our flock and while...
  2. M

    Broody duck... when will she sit long term?

    I have a Cayuga hen that is about a year and a half old. For the last few days she has been disappearing for a long periods of time and not coming back to the coop at night to be locked up. She only reappears with the rest of the flock for a few hours or two to eat and swim. I finally found her...
  3. CHICKEN BUFF

    Broody gave up - do the eggs still have a chance?

    My 18-month-old Cochin hen went broody for the first time. She appeared absolutely committed, and was fiercely determined to nest in a corner of the coop. I finally left her alone and gave her some fertile eggs in the middle of the night which she adopted. For a few days, she slept on the eggs...
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