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  1. X

    Broody trying to kill babies!!

    I am so disappointed in my broody, she is a prairie bluebell. She is about 9 months and went broody three weeks ago. I was SO excited! I have never had a broody hen before! in those three weeks she did absolutely amazing, got off the nest in the morning and afternoon but went right back her...
  2. X

    New member

    I have a broody hen with 5 eggs. (She had six but broke one around week 1) she is barely a year old, she is a prairie bluebell egger. so last night I put her in a different nesting spot because her chicks are due to hatch today and her nesting box is really high up and I didn’t want the chicks...
  3. M

    Managing Broody Hens

    Hey everyone! I have 3 broody hens, all in separate places. Only one is in a safe place for chicks to hatch. Another is in a predator safe space, but not suitable for hatching (milk crate inside the chickshaw) and the final is in an old mill house on our property, I thought this girl was...
  4. ElGoose

    Tips on dealing with a particularly aggressive momma?

    My girl, Hetty, who’s just hatched 3 goslings is definitely our LEAST trusting goose lol - I think I’d mentioned before that she came from a farm where she had practically no human contact, no water to bathe herself, no shed room etc and she absolutely HATES people no matter how comfortable...
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    • Forum: Geese
  5. A

    How did you succeed introducing ducklings to a broody duck?

    Hi everyone! I have a female who couldn’t decide if she wanted to be broody or not. I let her set on a nest with no luck. We successfully incubated ducklings and after they were nice and dry and had been shown where to get food and water, I introduced them to the maybe-I’ll-hatch-babies...
    • ADuckingMess
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    • broody duck addict ducklings just hatched
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. my21chickens

    Encouraging a broody

    hi all! I have a hen who has been a great broody to us. She's a black australorp and goes broody more than any of our other hens. She's been acting borderline broody for the past couple of days (this will be the first for the year). Shes been plucking her stomach feathers, sitting for a few...
  7. Chicken_Trainer2007

    Bugs on my three broody hens and eggs

    I have three hens with bugs on them I don’t know if it’s mites or not but I gave them the worms and mites meds (to my whole flock)I’d like to know if these are mites and if the meds kill or just prevents the bugs. And will the bugs effect the eggs in a negative way when hatching? : here’s the...
  8. DeviledEggs_xo

    Day 21, Egg crushed and baby still in amniotic fluid, but chirping. What do I do?

    I have a Broody hatching some eggs and when I went outside to check on her and provide her with fresh water, an egg was crushed. This egg was crushed to the point that I could see the baby inside and see the baby still inside the fluid, but I was able to locate the beak. This egg also dealt...
  9. NewJourney

    First-time Duck Momma and her Babies

    My 9 month old Fawn & White Runner duck hen that only started laying eggs 2 months ago started setting on eggs a month ago, and she actually sat all the way through to hatch! Sadly, she didn't know what was happening and even with my help two ducklings didn't survive hatching. She squished them...
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    • broody duck ducklings hatch hatched at home identification pekin runner cross runner duck young
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. W

    Broody Hen left baby chicks

    I have a broody hen. It's her second year going broody so I thought Id get her some baby chicks. I got them, put them under her late last night, removed the eggs and she took the babies. This morning I went out, shes in the run clucking like she's still broody, but the babies are running around...
  11. Jillthechef77

    Unsure of sour or impacted crop

    I live in Massachusetts, I have a Black Australorp that is about 1 years old, over the winter she decided she preferred to be in the nude and plucked her feathers out (I assume stress) of being shut in most days with the snow/ice. She lives with 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 bantam hens, a bantam...
  12. E

    Hen eating broody hens nest when she gets up to eat/drink

    Hello! We have a broody hen that is sitting on some eggs (all good there!), but when she gets up to eat/drink once a day another hen races in and eats as many eggs as she can before the broody one gets back. We keep replacing the eggs for our broody girl, but at this point it’s getting...
  13. PrettyBirdRocky

    Woohoo! Mama is going broody again! Yay!

    Yay!! Exciting news! Mama is starting to go broody again! Yay! She has hatched two clutches. And after the second one, she hasn't gone broody since last Feb/March. I have an incubator full set to hatch this Sunday, and planned on gathering eggs this week to put in more. So, if she's gonna...
  14. P

    Broody Duck Lockdown Length?

    Hey all, I have a broody duck who has been sitting for well over a month. I candled the eggs and they are developing, I did not see any rings of death. For the last 5 or 6 days she has been sitting and not leaving the nest as if she were on lockdown. Still no ducklings..... how long is...
    • Piggy212
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    • broody duckling
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    • Forum: Ducks
  15. kachong

    First Time Broody Hen Hatch-Along

    Hi All! One of my hens (Travis - long story but yes she’s a hen) went broody this week so I got 7 BYM fertilized eggs, from a local lady with a mixed flock, to give Travis a shot at hatching and raising some chicks! Excited to see what happens! Numbered them off so we can tell if anyone else...
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    • broody bym chick sexing gender 5 weeks hatch along
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    • Forum: Hatch-A-Longs
  16. BDutch

    Natural breeding thread

    This thread is meant for newcomers to advice them and for everyone with experience in natural breeding with broodies who like to know more or can do with a little more advice. 2 main reasons: Incubating with a machine and a brooder for the chicks is totally different from hatching with...
  17. S

    Well…what is he/she?

    Hen or Roo? I feel like this is an obvious rooster but I’d like others opinions. It’s my silkie hens first and only surprise hatched baby, named Sola, meaning only in Latin! I can’t keep if it’s a roo, so hoping someone with better knowledge than me can tell me it’s a hen 😂
  18. M

    Mother hen, her babies, and new hatchlings.

    Hello. I’ve been a chicken keeper for a few years now. But I have a question as I haven’t done this part before. I have a hen who went broody. She was sitting on a few eggs and I left her to it. A week or so ago I’m guessing some of my other hens left eggs in her box when she was out eating...
  19. H

    Eggs exploding under broody Muscovy Duck

    Hello, It's been sometime since I last posted, but I came here to ask about an issue which happened recently. So I have a Muscovy duck which got broody for the first time in its life, but it was always sitting and only rarely getting out to eat and drink, except there was a few days where the...
  20. Walls9

    Not sure what’s wrong with my girl :(

    Usually she is very happy and hangs around the other ducks but for the past day or two she has been staying away kind of off in her own corner… they are about 6 months old and I just started finding eggs this week so I thought maybe she’s broody somehow already but I don’t think that’s the case...
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    • broody duck eggbound hiding ducks
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
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