broody hen adopting day-old chicks

  1. bacibeau

    Where Should I Put Food and Water for Chicks Raised by Broody?

    Hello Everyone! I am getting two new easter egger chicks that will be adopted by my speckled sussex broody hen. I am trying to get set up before they get here so that I don't have to interrupt them and mom for the first few hours. Does anyone have any suggestions for where I should put their...
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  2. thronesandroses

    Please Help… Is it too late to reintroduce adopted chicks to my broody hen?

    I have a broody blue production bird that has been broody for about 1 1/2 weeks. She was also super broody last spring so I think she wants to be a mom hen pretty bad. Today I got 3 one-day old chicks. I tried to introduce them to her at around 3pm and 6pm but both times she was not having it...
  3. W

    Introducing new chicks to broody hen

    Hi Guys! We have a Buff Orpington named Lemon who went broody for the first time a few weeks ago. Our local Tractor Supply had Lavender Orpington chicks in stock so I purchased 6 to see if Lemon would be their surrogate mother. She was pretty darn mean as a broody hen so I snuck in after dark...
  4. saving grace

    Brooding Chicks and Ducklings Together

    Hello! I'm planning on getting some ducklings and chicks in April (they'll be hatched on the same day), and was wondering if anyone has experience with brooding them together. I've read different veiwpoints on the matter, some say it works, others say it's dangerous. I can definitely do two...
  5. anniemarie01

    Introducing chicks to a broody hen when one of the chicks is 2 weeks older

    Hey ya'll! I finally decided to order more chicks: 2 salmon faverolle, and one of each, a dark brahma, appenzeller spitzhauben, gold laced wyandotte, and silkie bantam. However, the silkie bantam would be getting in on the 3rd of May, whereas the rest of the chicks would get here the 19th. I was...
  6. PineHillVilla

    New Serama Dad in Auburn, Alabama

    Greetings All! My name is Cooper and I’ve just entered (last summer) the wonderful world of Seramas. I started with 3 broodmates who were 4 months old (see photos): Rooster Vandross, Henny, and Clara. The hens started laying in December 2020 and suddenly I had an incubator (Brinsea mini eco)...
  7. P

    Giving Broody Hen Chicks

    What are the pros/cons of giving a broody hen hatchery chicks to raise? I have a girl that just went broody this week and pre ordered some chicks about a month ago. I should be getting them the first week of March, so I don’t know if it would even be feasible to let her be broody that long...
  8. Madamegato

    SUCCESS! Getting my broody to adopt day-old babies!

    I guess there's really no better place to crow about it! I got my Speckled Sussex to adopt three day-old babies. Woo hoo! Details! We have five hens - one Easter Egger who is 8 years old and still laying, A Sussex and RIR who are 6, and two Black Australorps who are 4. Freckles is our...
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