broody hen

Any ideas on what would take an entire nest of eggs and a hen? A little back story.... About 2 weeks ago one of my hens was missing from the coop each night when I locked it up. But I’d see her every morning at our bird feeders before the coop was open. I followed her one day and she scooted...

Hi all! I'm planning on having my 2 year old black australorp adopt some chicks tonight. She has been broody about 3 weeks. I just got the chicks this morning, four total! (RIR, production blue and two amberlinks) I have moved her to our smaller coop that we use for brooding/isolation. She...

Hello all We've had 2 chickens since last year and this is my first time dealing with a worrying situation so please forgive my ignorance. We have an 8 month old Buff Orpington. She has been broody for about 2 days now. As this is my first time experiencing a broody hen I have been unsure on...

My broody Jade, went broody at the end of March. I wanted to add new blood to my flock so i recieved shipped eggs. She had sat on golf balls for a couple weeks while i shopped and waited for them to arrive. So they were due to hatch on April 27th and we did not get one chick hatch. I felt so...

I’ve read all the posts and searched the internet but can’t find a good set of recommendations for the actual swap once the chicks come. I’m all ready. When my chicks arrive from the hatchery, broody hen will have been sitting 20-22 days. She has become a liquid hen, conforming to the shape of...

I am so so sad and confused. Last night, my broody hen hatched 9 beautiful chicks and was doing everything right. No lethargic chicks; everything was great. Went to go feed her this morning and there were five laying there bloody and dead (clearly pecked in the head) but the other 4 she was very...

I've never had a broody hen before but now one of my Black Australorps is sitting on a clutch of about 12 eggs. She's been there about three days now. I have a few questions: If and when the eggs hatch do I need to move her and the babies? I have 10 other hens and a rooster .Also, My hen...

Will be trying to do several of these over coming months. Most will have nothing to do with chickens, but clearly some issues to work out. Narration is tougher than I thought. The hen and chicks were all synchronized such that no worries even with simply plopping chicks on hen during...

I have a hen that just won't quit. She went broody over TWO MONTHS ago. I've tried various methods to try to snap her out of it, most notably moving her to a different coop without a nesting box and she spent 24 hours freaking out so I caved and put her back with the flock. Finally I got some...

So much thanks in advance. I’m hoping and praying someone can help us! we have about 20 chickens and 2 roosters. Recently our Brahma went broody and I thought , well let’s Let her hatch this babies and see what happens. My 3 year old was collecting eggs for me and took her eggs. She is still...

I have a 7 month Buff Orpington that started laying a little over a month ago. Recently (about two weeks now), she's been aggressive while on the nest. She'll make this awful warning noise if I open up the door, she'll puff up, and she's pecked me hard enough to draw blood the past two days. I...

Hi all! I'm searching for silkie hatching eggs in the Portland, OR area. I would like at least 6 and am not picky about color. Because they're so cute, here's a picture of my broody with the last chicks she raised. 😍

hello everyone, it’s been a while! so this past week when i went to check the nest boxes for eggs, i noticed my grey silkies down feathers all over her favorite box. i added some diatomaceous earth to it because a month ago we had some mites, so i thought they might still be bothering her...

Hi so this is my first time trying to let a chicken hatch eggs and I don’t know if she’s broody or not I know they get aggressive when it comes to protecting eggs she has 6 eggs currently in her nest and I never see her laying on them and she doesn’t care if I mess with them I was trying to...

One of my Buff Orpington pullets is sitting in the nest box now (dark, 12 degrees, others all on the roost). Is this a sure sign she is broody? Or too soon to tell? One of my buffies spends a lot of time on the nest, annoying the others. It could be this one.

I am picking up 7 or 8 silkie/cochin mixes today, and I don't have a broody hen. Is there anyway I can get a non broody to take care of them. I have Buff Orpingtons, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Black Australorps, Easter Eggers, Speckled Sussex, a Lavender Orpington, Golden Buffs, an Austra White, a...

I would really like a broody hen! But I’m not sure how to tell if a hen is broody. Also how do you make a hen broody? Does it just happen if the hen wants chicks? Please help!

My broody hen was insisting on sitting on unfertilized eggs so i went out to my son's ranch and grabbed a rooster. She sat on her eggs like a champ and has been a great Mom so far but I worry (I'm new to this chicken thing). I moved her from the coop with the eggs into an extra large dog kennel...

This is just a post to share my continued amazement of my chickens! Several weeks ago I noticed one of my Speckled Sussex pullets on the nest during my twice daily egg gathering. Then it hit me, she was going broody! This is my second year with chickens and I had not experienced broodiness...