broody hen behavior

  1. M

    Released a Roo in a coop with broody hen

    Hey guys! So I have a rooster I have been trying to integrate into a flock. He is on his first day and doing well. However I realized during this process, he’s been released into a coop with a broody hen that he has never seen and she has never seen him. Is this going to be an issue? Will he...
  2. M

    What the heck. My hen killed her chick

    Well this is basically what the title says. She ate her chicks head off. Sorry for the gruesome details but I’m so upset. She hatched the egg. Had been sitting on it for a while and here it is head gone dead in front of her. So why did she do this? She was a first time mom. Could I have...
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    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  3. Lucashens

    First time broody hen

    Hi there, We are new to hen keeping and seem to have our first broody hen. She is around 8 months old. I guess I'm just wondering the best way to manage her. She is in the nest nearly all day unless we move her out, she will then eat and drink for a bit but then go back in. She even started body...
  4. LiizardWiitch

    Broody hen question

    I had 2 silkies sitting on 8 eggs between the 2 of them as they always wanted to be in the same nest together, now they have only successfully hatched 3 chicks, the other eggs were not fertile. Can they share the chicks and both become un broody or should i get 1 of them their own chicks? Thank you
  5. W

    Two broody hens

    FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING-sorry for the long post I have a flock of brahmas 3 hens and rooster, and a flock of 4, Buff and Lavender Orphington hen crosses both in separate runs/coops , and both have small coop that fits them all comfortably. In hopes of working on building a walk in pallet...
  6. Pufna

    Can incubator hatched chicks be good broody moms?

    I searched around on the Web and can't seem to find a discussion about this. Can hens hatched and raised from incubators make good broody hen moms? A few years ago I had a very bad experience with one broody hen that was an incubator chick, she has broken many eggs before they hatched, and...
  7. Amiloo928

    Post-Broody Plucking

    Hello all! I have a 14 month old black sexlink that went broody about 7 weeks ago. After two weeks of taking her eggs, we took pity on her and bought some fertilized eggs from a hatchery (we have no roo). Fast forward to today, and I have mama hen with two beautiful baby EEs that are about two...
  8. Dharmachick

    Stranger than fiction broody behavior.

    I have a 3 year old hen, my first ever chick, Doris, who goes broody every July. I had ordered eggs for July, thinking I'd start them in the incubator if she didn't go broody by the time they arrived. She went broody the day before they came, it was over 90 degrees, and I saw her 2 chicks from...
  9. Audrey Watson

    Broody Hen is pacing enclosure, won’t sit on eggs

    So i had a hen go sit on eggs in the nesting box for multiple days, concluded she was broody. Put her in a separate enclosure with some golf balls, and she won’t sit and is pacing and trying to get out. How can I help her adjust to the new space?
  10. lncrane08

    Broody Hen isn’t accepting new chicks

    Hi!! So my Silkie hen was broody, and hatched out 2 chicks. I put 2 (same age) Silkie chicks under her on night two. Two eggs were still under her and not viable (I candles on day 22). I followed all the rules...took the eggs out and replaced with chicks under her at night. Woke up the next day...
  11. chickenreyna

    broody hen killed its baby

    I have two broody hens.. One killed its only baby by it appeared snapping its neck & acted puzzled it wouldnt get up and kept going back to the location as if she thought it was stilled living then she tried stealing the other broody hens clutch so right now i have her sitting on ping pongs in a...
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