broody

  1. R

    Broody Bantam Cochin Hen & Resp Infection?

    Hi all! Thanks for welcoming me into this great community. I am desperately in need of some advice or information. I have a bantam Cochin hen who is my best friend (her name is Lady) and we have really been through it lately! She was attacked by someone in the flock (not sure who) so I...
  2. Muser

    First time hatching eggs

    Hi All, I have a big broody Orpington/Brahma and she's super keen to sit on eggs. Been trying to break her for a good week, she's currently sat in chicken jail and I just feel terrible for her so having second thoughts about maybe putting some eggs under her to hatch. I was going to order...
  3. hrayb

    Broody hens with fertile eggs but no hatching

    I have a hen that has been broody for a little over a month now. We have a rooster and I know the eggs are fertile. I’ve candled several and they are developing however one egg was broken and looked to be about 2-4 days away from hatching. none others have hatched. What would be the cause for...
  4. B

    Injured baby chick. What to do now?

    We had a hen go broody and we let her keep the eggs. Unfortunately they did not all hatch at the same time so once the first one become mobile she left the remaining eggs in the nest. She’s been a great mama raising her single chick. We opted to keep them with the flock and mama won’t let any of...
  5. SheppFamilyFlock

    Only surviving chick died today

    One of our two hens had a small clutch of 3 eggs. One was empty when we candled it, and one died right after it hatched, we're not sure why. The last chick was about 2 weeks old and unfortunately died today, it drowned in an overturned container that had collected rainwater. I'm devastated 😭...
  6. shstein24

    Any hope? Eggs moved

    We have 2 hens sitting (for about a week) in the back corners of our coop. Our nephew came over to play and while the ladies got up for the quick water & food break, he went in and collected the eggs in his t-shirt. I thought he was already aware that they were trying to hatch babies, but I...
  7. K

    Bantam Cochin hen / Polish roo mix

    Hi all! I had my first broody hen and while she had 5 eggs, only one made it to hatching. I learned a lot through the experience. The broody hen was my bantam Cochin and the one egg that hatched was actually her egg! My roo is a Polish. I’m curious what you all think of this chick as I haven’t...
  8. three_grannies

    Broody hen with weakness and difficulty walking

    My 1-year-old Jersey Giant chicken, Maeve, has had a rough couple of weeks and I am hoping to get some expert opinions! Around May 15th, I noticed that several chickens had developed bumblefoot. Maeve was one of the chickens, and this was the first time she had had bumblefoot. We had a lot of...
  9. H

    Eggs didn’t hatch

    I had eggs in the incubator, candled them after a week all looked good. 3 of my hens went broody so I put around 10 eggs under each hen. It’s been way over hatch time so I pulled the eggs this morning and it looks like the babies died in the eggs after putting them under the hens. Only 2 eggs...
  10. L

    Broody Hen that killed chicks, do we try again?

    We had a broody hen but she killed one of the chicks after hatching. We removed the rest of the eggs and transferred to the incubator but didn’t have much luck. She’s still super broody - can I give her another chance to hatch/mother a clutch of eggs? Or is it once a killer always a killer? Help!
  11. Skibum

    Polish X Chicks

    Before I let my white crested black polish roo cross with my mixed flock I desperately was looking of photos of chicks. It was hard to find!! So I am attaching pics of the 3 chicks my broody is raising. One is an EE cross, Wellsummer, and I think the last is an OE cross. Can you guess which is...
  12. saving grace

    Broody Hen with Water Belly

    Hey, so I noticed yesterday when candling the eggs beneath my EE hen that she had a large bulge near her breast. After doing some research, I'm pretty sure it's water belly (could it be anything else?) which is obviously very unfortunate. :( She's been acting completely normal for a broody...
  13. H

    Broody Hen outdoors

    I have an outdoor hen who is now sitting on several eggs. She is determined to stay in an area that is exposed to rain, but shaded so she won't get too hot. It is getting close to her hatching her chicks and I was wondering if I should move her to a more secure location? She gets extremely...
  14. LazyBirds

    Muscovy Duck Leg help

    Hi all! Wishing everyone and their feathery families peace to the mind. ♡ I have 2 muscovy females and one of them seems to have something wrong with her leg. They've both been broody and been in their nests all day for a couple weeks now. Lilith, the injured one, has some kind of scab or cut...
  15. FlockFinderWest

    should I bring my broody chicken in at night?

    Due to spring and because I have a rooster, my hens have been going broody back to back. I’ve been using a wire dog cage and leaving the hen in the run during the day, but during the night I bring her into the barn. I’m kind of getting fed up with doing this every morning and night because with...
  16. hrayb

    Week old chicks and broody hen

    Hi! We got 4 new chicks last weekend, so they are a little over a week old. We now have a first time broody hen. She’s been on the nest for about 3-4 days. We’ve been collecting eggs from her. But one day it was raining and 3 got left under her. So my question is- can we slip the new baby...
  17. Henora

    Cleaning broody hen?

    Hi, Two eggs broke in her nest today or yesterday afternoon and her breast feathers are sticky and stinky. I changed the nest material (actually moved her to a broody pen), but didn't clean the eggs. She's not wet but she's not clean. Should I try and wipe her feathers, legs and bill? If so...
  18. xKaitlin

    Broody duck has eggs of all different stages!!

    So my Aylesbury duck has been sitting on her eggs for almost 28 days now, and I only realised 15 days in that she had been laying the whole time. After candling the eggs I think I’ve got two out of six that are ready to pip but the rest still look quite behind as their air cell is quite small...
  19. MeoWusical

    Beginner Broody or no?

    I have a mallard, Flash, that’s 11 weeks old. Her breast feathers are all patchy, and I can see feathers strewn around the run and sometimes in the pool. When I clean out their water she’s always getting all fluffed up and splashing all over the place (her sisters don’t really do that). When she...
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  20. crunchygranola

    Would starlight green eggers take baby chicks as their own?

    I’m a brand new chicken owner with my first flock of chickies. I bought 6 SGEs from Tractor Supply, and I think they’re thriving well. I am planning on getting a few of them butchered to make room for some more chickens (per my city’s regulations) and I was wondering: if I introduce new baby...
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