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  1. CovidtimeQuail

    Broody Quail hatches 6

    I sold some hatching eggs a few months ago and was surprised to get a text from the buyer: the hatched hen started a new brood of her own, sitting on the eggs and successfully bringing 6 new chicks into the world. I had the chance to see them for myself. Here's the story...
  2. HenriettaPizzaNolan

    Looking for more info on bantams in general

    I'm picking up some meat chickens from Meyer next month and I see they have some bantams available still. I'm thinking about snagging some, but I don't know a lot about them and can't seem to find some of the answers I'm looking for. We live in the city and are trying to be more economical with...
  3. LDemps0504

    Broody hen having a hard time walking after laying on eggs in a split

    1st time with a broody hen. My broody hen has been sitting on a clutch of eggs - 2 babies have now hatched. We noticed she would lay on the eggs this whole time in a split, or with her legs splayed out. I thought maybe this is normal? She hasn't gotten up and I noticed she was pooping all over...
  4. Backyardtut

    Broody egg hoarder hen! Let her hatch all of them of or downsize?

    My bantam hen has managed to collect 16 eggs. Only 4 are her own. I was going to allow her to hatch her own 4 and was reluctantly going to allow her to hatch another 4 that were in the same stages of development.. but in the passing week she has managed to take in more eggs from other layers—...
  5. C

    Hen pecking at incubated chicks that I put under her

    My broody hen was incubating 2 eggs until she accidentally cracked 1 so I put it in the incubator to keep it safe. When it hatched, I went to put it under her. First, she didn’t seem to mind and was more aggressive towards me like she was protecting it. When I went and gave the other hens a...
  6. Timbers Happy Hens

    Broody hen question!!

    So one of my gamefowl hens was going broody and trying to steal eggs from a hen that was already sitting. We had to move her to a separate coop as she ended up breaking two of the eggs. After we moved her she didn’t want to sit anymore and became very flighty. We’ve since moved her back to her...
  7. Frodo the Pekin

    Should I place an extra egg under my broody chicken after 3 days?

    Hi! Here I am with another one of my silly beginner issues. So as you might know from my last post, I have a broody chicken that has been sitting on 4 duck eggs for about 3 days. I fear 3 of the eggs might not be fertile, a realisation which had stupidly not come to me till yesterday (more on...
  8. C

    Broody or sick? Green poop and more… *pics*

    Thanks for reading. My hen ISA brown Nina is roughly 18 months old and showing some concerning symptoms. I thought she was broody, but now I’m thinking she’s sick… These behaviors made me think she was broody… Sitting on clutch of eggs, 6 days Not leaving nest Giant broody-looking poop Missing...
  9. Emma89

    Molting, broody, something else?

    Good morning! My chicken has started plucking the feathers from under her breast and legs. I’ve checked for mites and lice and thankfully that isn’t the problem. I read that it could mean she is becoming broody but doesn’t show any of the characteristics of being broody other then plucking...
  10. Close Up Photo of my Broody Black Australorp Chicken

    Close Up Photo of my Broody Black Australorp Chicken

    This is a close up photo of one of my broody Black Australorp hens.
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  11. M

    Is she broody?

    My EE has been walking around with her feathers puffed up and like growling as she walks around the yard. Twice in the last 24 hours I've caught her sitting on the ceramic egg in the nesting box, all puffed up. She's only been laying for a month or so, could she be broody? I've checked for...
  12. bacibeau

    HELP did my broody reject my chicks? what can I do?

    I waited until the sun set and went outside and tried to slip my two 1-day old chicks under my broody and she started pecking at them and we had to take the chicks out. Did we not wait long enough until the broody was fully asleep? It's hard because they can hear us approach and wake up. Could I...
  13. bacibeau

    Which Chicks Should I Get for my Broody Hen

    Right now, I have 3 Speckled Sussex and 1 Buff Orpington and one of the Sussex is broody so we are getting her two chicks to raise. We have the choice between Road Island Reds or Easter Eggers but are unsure which to get? Do we get 2 RIRs, 2 Easter Eggers, or 1 of each? We are looking for...
  14. M

    Missing hen might be hiding

    We have a hen who disappeared a few days ago. The day before she disappeared, she tried to hide in the forest and was extremely mad when we found her. We have a lot of cameras around so we know approximately where she should be but we can’t access it. She didn’t head towards the trees this time...
  15. thoeffel1994

    Today and yesterday I went down to my broody ducks nest and noticed egg shells outside of the nest and broken!?

    I went down to my ducks nest and found broken egg shells two days in a row!? Do you think it was the mother that did this or something else? Has anyone else had this problem ever?
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    • Forum: Ducks
  16. T

    Broody hens a few weeks apart

    So we had our first broody hen and she hatched out 5 of the 10 eggs. We added 4 other chicks under her to get 9. We put her and the babies in a separate pen. They are 1.5 weeks old. My question is another hen just started sitting on eggs. If she hatches them out the chicks will be about 4-5...
  17. CrazyChickenMom11

    Hen Loosing All Her Feathers

    Hello, I have this hen who is a little over a year old that is loosing all of her feathers. I had a feather plucking problem in my flock but the two perpetrators have been dealt with since mid-April (put chicken blinders on them) and there are no other bullies. However, this one hen kept slowly...
  18. AngelinaThePekin8

    Broody hatched ducklings need some pointers on the sooner side

    My 4 year old khaki Campbell hen went (this is her very first time broody) broody and her eggs hatched today some of the ducklings don't seem to energetic right now and its making me a bit worried, their all staying with their mom on the nest she's still sitting on some eggs which I don't think...
  19. B

    Egg burst under broody hen day 11

    Well, I just had a first. Broody hen just had an egg burst under her. I heard it happen and went to investigate and the smell was awful. It got into several eggs, but I quickly removed the nest box and cleaned it and replaced the hay. Mom had some gunk on her, but not terribly. I didn’t...
  20. Koko Acres

    Black Swedish Broodiness

    Hi, We are relatively new to keeping ducks and have acquired a few different breeds that are not laying/mating age yet. We do have a trio of mature Black Swedish in a separate paddock. The two Black Swedish ladies are laying eggs in a nest and they are fertile. My husband and I are hoping they...
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    • broody incubator naturally hatch nest
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    • Forum: Ducks
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