broody hen help

  1. toomanyfowltocount

    New mama hen developed loose stools after eating medicated chick starter

    Hi y'all, Has anyone else experienced their mama hen having changes in their stools when switching to the medicated chick starter after her chicks are born? Its been very soft and loose, but it's dark brown and very stinky. I'm having to clean out the broader coop everyday and wipe her butt...
  2. C

    Broody hen sitting 3 days in is down to only 4 eggs, 2 broken shall I start fresh or add more?

    Hello! I’m new to this forum but hope this is the right place to post this question. My broody hen (frizzle Pekin bantam) went broody over a week ago. This is her first time going broody so I let her sit on unfertile eggs for a week just to be sure she’d commit. On Saturday afternoon I gave...
    • Charleesie
    • Thread
    • broken eggs broken hatching eggs broody broody hen help eating eggs hatching and brooding chicks hatching eggs
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  3. ChickenRancher3

    Setting Hen needs to be alone

    Does anyone know how to build a box for a setting hen to be by herself in? Is there anything special that I need to know before I start building it? Fully enclosed, partially open, how much open/closed, or how big it needs to be, etc. I have had the same hen try to set on some eggs about 5...
  4. 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...
  5. NicolleJean

    NEED HELP WITH FERTILIZED EGGS!

    So here is the scoop, I have one broody hen who is amazing at sitting on eggs. She is currently not laying eggs and just sitting on other eggs from different hens. I have two roosters in my flock. Obviously, I always knew fertilized eggs were a possibility BUT I discovered my first fertilized...
  6. JavelinaFarms

    Duck Eggs Under Broody Hen

    Hey all, have been having a lot of broody hens and have hatched several successful clutches. We decided to try our hand at hatching ducklings and are having a lot of trouble. On the 1st clutch of ducklings, only 1 hatched and it died about 24 hours later. We thought that maybe the duckling...
    • JavelinaFarms
    • Thread
    • broody help broody hen broody hen help duckling duckling under hen ducklings dying ducks being raised by hen hatch problems hatching ducks hatching eggs
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  7. Laurel Marie

    Another goes broody days before hatch...

    My head girl has decide to go broody just 6 days before my lowest hens are due! What should I do??? Do I split the eggs between them? We have no rooster in the coop. I bought these eggs for my low, broody girl because the poor things was so dedicated ( she sat for two whole months before I got...
  8. NicolleJean

    Help Needed for Foster Hen

    Hi Everyone, My Blue Sumatra has been broody for give or a take a month. I gave her a fake egg because she was "stealing" my other two hen's eggs. I brought home a chick tonight for her to foster and it did not go so well. The chick is less than a week old (only a few little wing feathers on...
Back
Top Bottom