broody hens

  1. shessowitte

    My broodies adopted 3 week old chicks!

    Ok I am bragging just a little (as though I had something to do with it) but my two white cochin broodies have successfully adopted 14 three-week old chicks! They’re now fully integrated into the full flock and doing well. Based on what I’ve read here, it seemed like a crap shoot, but hey why...
  2. Vhope77

    HELP! Broody hen left eggs

    my broody hen has been sitting on her eggs for four days now and she left to eat and got confused and sat on some different eggs instead of her batch usually I collect eggs throughout the day but today I got busy and it slipped my mind . When I went to check on her she was on different eggs and...
  3. Gigirunr

    Buying hatching eggs

    can I buy hatching eggs and give them to a broody chicken to hatch? Also, should I make a nesting box for her separate from the coop? I have a dog travel crate in the barn that would work very well.
  4. HuffleClaw

    Kayla’s Hatches, Chicks, Ducklings, keets, Etc!

    Hi all! :frow It’s that time of the year when Kayla decides to go broody :lol: @Fanci Feathers Marans has just started a thread for her 2019 chick log and inspired me to make one of my own. :D I’m planning to hatch/buy/sell chicks and/or eggs quite often this year, if I fail, at least I can say...
    • HuffleClaw
    • Thread
    • #goingbroody 2019 chicks 2019 plans 2020 2020 hatching! broody hens broody humans chicks ducklings hatches
    • Replies: 1,312
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  5. Incubator vs. Broody hen

    Incubator vs. Broody hen

    Broody hens Ups: Broody hens, usually have better hatch rates than incubators do. You don’t have to raise the chicks and worry, about heat lamps. Or cleaning out a gross brooder box. You get to see the momma raise the chicks! Downs: You don’t get the hands on experience, you get when...
  6. Nest Boxes; why do we make a sitting hens job so difficult?

    Nest Boxes; why do we make a sitting hens job so difficult?

    Hens have been laying eggs, sitting on them and and hatching them for centuries without human interference. Considering their ancestors the jungle fowl still manage to maintain a reasonably healthy species population despite the hens nesting on the jungle floor where they may stay for twenty...
  7. nconley11

    Chick hatching under broody hen

    I posted a couple weeks ago about cracking an egg open and losing the chick. Now I finally have a successful chick attempting to hatch. there is a corn kernel size hole that the chick has made. I've never hatched chicks before. I have three Broody hens sitting in the nest boxs with the rest of...
  8. kcpaull

    Broody hens and chick rearing

    A couple of my BO hens went broody about a month ago and after taking all their eggs away, I finally ordered a few Red Sex Link females for them. I ordered 4 and got an extra so I gave 2 to one hen and 3 to the other. All is going well, but I noticed something I hadn't seen before and wondered...
  9. Vegan Mountain Mama

    Need help introducing new baby chicks to my hens please?

    I’m trying to get my 2 hens to adopt my two new baby chicks. The hens both like to sit on their eggs and sometimes I see them tucking an egg under their tummies. I thought this meant they are broody (they’re both 1 year old americuanas) so I got them babies. I made a nest for them in a bin in my...
  10. Mckennas poultry

    Broody chicken diary

    hey, I wanted to make an online ‘diary’ on my broody Rhode Island Red hen So right now I have her on dummy eggs in a small chicken coop There is hatching eggs on the way ( 3 lemon Pyle Brahma, 2 dark brahma and 1 blue buff Brahma) They are set to come next Tuesday. I will keep yous posted on...
  11. Silkie_Mom

    Advice please! Possible heat stroke?

    Okay so there has been lots of chicken drama lately. A group of my hens have become egg eaters! But worse, the big ladies are picking on the little silkie ladies. They have separate coops but I let them free range together during the day. And the second the coop doors are open. They're raiding...
  12. M

    Is my hen broody?

    Just today I noticed my hen sitting in the nest while I was calling them to give them treats and she was the only one to not respond, so I further investigated by placing eggs beside her and she tucked them under her and pecked at me when I got too close, and this is not normal behavior. Does...
  13. KelseyCochin

    Chicken Newbie- 4 months and counting...

    I got my first trio- Bielefelder, Cochin, and Olive Egger about four months ago. I fell in love, so of course it made sense to buy 29 cochin hatchlings and start incubating leghorns and golden comets. Soon I had fifty! I’ve been mostly giving them away or selling them for practically nothing...
    • KelseyCochin
    • Thread
    • brooding broody hens cochin cochins color colorations identifying chicks mixed breeds selective breeding silkies
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  14. 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...
  15. Naptownsurfgirl

    2 eggs left to hatch- it’s been 3 days?

    What do I do? They are heavy and not swishy but momma is not laying on them as much anymore . She has 5 chicks running around. Can I help or hatch them at this late stage or is it a lost cause? Any info or advice will be appreciated.
  16. SSChicken332

    chickens on eggs for four weeks ?

    Hopping to have chicks any time a week or so ago . At what point do I take out the eggs . There was 2 mostly developed dead chicks found on the floor about a week ago . Rooster was moved and no more dead chicks. Just wondering how long to wait until removing the eggs . My chickens are sliver...
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