broody hen

  1. CayugaMama

    Broody with swollen/pale comb

    My Bantam Cochin Has been sitting on a few eggs for the past 18 days. She has been doing great and has been a wonderful broody. I have put water and food in a small tray in her nesting box with her, so that she is able to take care of herself without having to go too far. I check on her every...
  2. ally1327

    Broody Hen and Hatching Day!

    Hi all, Today is day 21 under a first-time broody hen (oh, the excitement!!) She is just a baby herself (hatched in April) so we weren't expecting much from her. Although I'm not sure we should have, we picked her up this morning to see if anything was happening and sure enough, one of the eggs...
  3. electrycmonk

    All things being = hybrid hatchout idea

    So to set the stage effectively. - I have read several threads on choosing when is "best time" to let the broody hen setup and hatch out eggs.... - do to loss of several chickens the last 12 months..... - (cheesy grin) chicken math - taking advantage of when a silkie goes full blown "pancake...
  4. Letting Your Broody Hen Hatch Her Eggs

    Letting Your Broody Hen Hatch Her Eggs

    I’ll never forget waking up on an early October morning to hear the undeniable sound of new life unbound—PEEP PEEP PEEP! I was shaking like a leaf with excitement. Our Easter Egger hen Lucille 2 (from the show Arrested Development, also we already had a Lucille, so it was perfect!) had turned...
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  5. filmcmahon

    chicken broke neck and died!!

    hello all. it is a solemn day on our backyard homestead as our most beloved and special gal, a bantam blue silkie hen, has suddenly passed. there’s kind of a long backstory, so here it is: she lived on her own for a few months and we added 4 silkie bantam pullets in july. living on her own for...
  6. PioneerChicks

    Broody pullet: let her brood or break her?

    So...my pullet went broody. I'll go into her backstory first. Heather is a OEGB/silkie mix. She was raised by a silkie and is very wild. That would be a disadvantage: her chicks would be even more wild. She went broody yesterday and I found her a few minutes ago under the coop in her hidden...
  7. I

    Hen is hatching eggs for the first time!

    So my hen is hatching eggs, but so far only one chick was hatched (one day ago) so the chicken won't forget them right? Like if they need help with breaking the egg or so she will get it figured out? I'm leaving her to do her thing but I was just wondering.
  8. H

    Single Chick Hatch

    Tips for raising a single chick? Only one of three eggs hatched and survived so now the chick is by itself. What's worse is my broody hen has rejected the chick. I can't imagine why, but she is not keeping it so I will have to raise it myself. I understand that raising a single chick is no...
  9. RedLionChooks

    Broody vs. Bound

    Hey all! We have just passed our first year marker raising chickens, so pretty inexperienced. We have 10 hens and 1 rooster. They are all 1 year, 3 months old. I observed a hen in the nest box last evening around 6pm. The hens are out of the nest boxes by noon every day, so I found this...
  10. PioneerChicks

    Double Broodies - how does this work?

    I have two broody silkie hens. 9 eggs under them. Their hatch date is the 26th. How will this work? Will they share the chicks, or split them, or what? Are there any dangers I should be warned about? I have never had double broodies before and don't know what to think.
  11. auspiciouschickens

    starting a new clutch

    hey friends! my dwarf bantam hen recently started getting broody again after failing to hatch her previous clutch. And she’s started to lay a new clutch to sit on, and i want to make sure her hatch this time will be successful so how can i assure that and could you guys give me some tips on...
  12. C

    Help on broody hen

    I have a broody hen that is sitting on way too many eggs, 17, for over 23 days. She is still sitting on them and I dont know if I should wait a few more days, if any of them will hatch, or are there too many under her and too long of a time period?? Do you think I should dispose of those eggs...
  13. R

    Broddy hen

    My hen has started her second batch of eggs, her first clutch all died before hatching, (she made a poor nesting choice outside the coop) and this is her first time trying again, she is the lowest on the pecking order and my other hens like to remind her of it, this nest is in the coop with the...
  14. PioneerChicks

    Should I separate a broody hen from her flock?

    Hello! I am asking this question on behalf of a friend of mine who is new to chickens. She isn't on BYC, but I'm working on that;). One of her BO hens went broody and she is considering letting her hatch some chicks. I'm helping her the best I can but I don't know the answer to one of her...
  15. K

    Moving mother hen with chicks

    Hello everybody! This is my first post on the site and also my first question: I am planning to buy a mother hen with already hatched chicks, the problem is that I don't know how they will react to their transport. I am not so concerned about keeping the chicks warm - they should stay warm with...
  16. Cayden05

    Will eggs still hatch? Broody Hen Day 22

    So my broody hen was sitting on 6 eggs out of the 6, 4 hatched. This was sometime in the middle of last night. Is there a possibility for the other 2 to still hatch? Today is Day 22. Will she abandon the nest to go feed the other chicks?
  17. Cayden05

    When will my Broody Hen leave the nest?

    Hi, so this is my first time with a broody hen and this is her first clutch. So I was wondering when will she take the chicks out of the nest to eat and drink? The chicks were born sometime last night.
  18. Cayden05

    How long after Pipping do eggs hatch?!!! Day 21 Broody Hen

    So this is my first Broody hen and this is her first clutch. Last night before I went to bed the eggs were rocking. And this morning (Day 21) I checked on the eggs and a few were pipped. My Question is, How long after they are externally pipped will they hatch?
  19. Cayden05

    Day 20 Broody Hen No Pipping

    Hi, I am very new to chickens and I just got my first broody hen. She is a Mottled Houdan hen sitting on 6 eggs. It is now Day 20 and I see no pipping. Is that normal? Should I be concerned? Tomorrow is Day 21, would they hatch tomorrow even though they haven’t pipped yet? I checked on mama hen...
  20. Cayden05

    Broody Hen Day 20.....Eggs Rocking

    Hi, I am new to chickens and this is my first broody hen. She is a Mottled Houdan and she is sitting on 6 eggs. Two of which that are 100% Mottled Houdan and 4 that are Black sex link crossed Mottled Houdan. I went to check on her this morning and I noticed that a few of the eggs were rocking...
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