broody hen

  1. J

    Day 20 with a broody hen

    My little bantam hen has been faithfully sitting on her collection of eggs from herself and the other hens for now 20 days. I come check on her a few times a day and give her food and water. When she got off her eggs for a quick break earlier, I did not notice anything new about them. They look...
  2. 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...
  3. V

    Broody hen advice

    My serama hen went broody just a few days after I stated incubating. I'm not sure the exact day count because the first days she was broody, she was off and on the nest for a day or two. I candled them but definitely not recently. All but 2 are her own ( from my other serama hens ). She is due...
  4. The_Chicken_Tender

    Can I put chicks from the store under my broody when her eggs hatch???

    I have a broody and her eggs should hatch in about eleven days (hopefully they are fertilized!) A farm supply store nearby is getting chicks a day before our eggs hatch, and I wanted to get a few new breeds. Can I put the chicks under my hen at night when the other ones start hatching? Would she...
  5. Diveks

    Wanting to hatch chicks with a broody

    So my polish goes broody every few years but ive always broken her broodiness. Well a few days ago she started to become broody again. She is now 6yo i think? And i wanted to let her brood some babies before i loose her. I’ve never hatched out chicks naturally as all my chooks only go broody...
  6. MiniBarnFarmMaine

    Which Is The BEST Incubator?

    Thinking of hatching some of my eggs that my new layers just started laying. Cracked one the other day and it is indeed fertile (white bullseye). Which incubator have you used faithfully that gave you the best hatch rates?
    • MiniBarnFarmMaine
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    • broody hen eggs hatching hatching eggs hatching eggs 101 incubate eggs from large to small incubated chicks incubated eggs incubator advice new chickens
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  7. picklestheduck

    Broody Hen not eating

    Hey yall so my brahma hen recently got broody for the first time, and has not been out of the nest at all as far as I have seen. She doesn't come out in the morning, and doesn't get food or water that I've seen. My sister said she saw her out once but that's the only sighting of her. She also...
  8. L

    Massive pop will my chick dry out

    Hi guys one of my eggs under a broody made a massive pip under my broody but I’m worried if she’s going to dry out. Will she survive under her overnight???
  9. J

    Broody outside the coop

    I have a hen who claimed a planter on my screened-in patio. She's been sitting on a dozen eggs for 15 days. My question is what to do after they hatch. My chickens are free range. One rooster, 12 hens, 6 guinea fowl. But there are two dogs between where she has elected to nest and the coop...
  10. 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
    • Thread
    • broody and chicks broody hen broody hen adopting introducing chicks
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  11. Gobekli Pepe

    Need Urgent Advice Raising Chicks With a Broody

    Hello. I've raised many chicks myself in the past, but thought it would be a good learning experience to let a broody handle it this time around. She managed to hatch 3, then I bought 6 more and snuck them under her in the night. That went well. it's been 3 days since she started mothering the...
  12. Cabin Run Farm

    Previous broody hen won't lay

    Hey guys, my hen went broody. I did all the things to get her out of it. She's acting normal again, but hasn't laid any eggs since before she went broody. Is she egg bound? No idea what's going on. First time chicken momma....
  13. DemeChick

    Any idea what breed this hen may be?

    This hen was given to me. I think the former owner said she may be part silkie?
  14. KakawKakaw

    I messed up.

    I’m sick about this but when collecting eggs last night, I brought in 2 marked eggs that are due to hatch in a week. They’ve been sitting on the counter room temp until I got home from work and checked the hens only to find broody only had one marked egg not 3. I put them back under her...
  15. agold23

    Should I separate baby chickens and momma from rest of flock?

    Hi all, I have a silkie hen on day 5/21 of hatching her 3 eggs (I don’t expect all 3 to hatch). She’s in the corner of our 8x8 shed converted into coop and the other 5 chickens are all free range with full run of the backyard and forest behind (not that they wander too deep). Our very vocal and...
  16. J

    Two broody hens sharing one nesting box on 15 eggs

    Three of my hens went broody at once. Two have decided to share a nesting box. (Nesting boxes are raised so not on the ground.) The chicks should be hatching any day. My concern is whether or not they are all going to be overcrowded (potentially suffocating and trampling on chicks) as that will...
    • JessieKell
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    • broody hen chicks hatching in raised nesting boxes hatching chicks hens sharing a clutch raising baby chicks
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  17. N

    Broody hens eggs and hot weather

    my hens been on some eggs for today is the 21 days from when I sat them under her. The last five days it’s been so hot I live in the high desert and she is off for longer periods is that normal do i just leave her be or put her back on them are the eggs gonna be ok in this heat.? This is my...
  18. S

    First time Broody hen - no rooster

    Hi eggy gurus! I've tried searching similar posts but can't quite find an answer so apologies if this is repetitive. We have a light sussex who went Broody yesterday, sitting on eggs, not leaving the nesting box all day, got quite pecky! So I donned some gardening gloves and fished her out of...
  19. H

    Aggressive feather pecking rooster

    Hi all, we have 18 chickens, one of them is a Rhode island red rooster and the rest hens. They are a year old now and came to us as 1-2 day olds. This is our first rooster but we have kept laying hens for mant years. I understand that feather pulling is part of his natural behavior but he is...
  20. S

    Broody Hen & Chicks with flock??

    Hi! My broody hen just hatched 7 chicks 3 days ago. She’s ready to get out of the dog kennel we had her in. I’m worried about the other 5 adult hens hurting the chicks if I leave the door open for them?? I can let everyone free range to come & go as they please so would that help with deterring...
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