broody

  1. Cnjecker

    Our First Broody-Hatched Clutch!

    Hello all! Our girly just hatched 6/7 eggs (rejected the last one) and they’re up and walking about the coop. The other hens don’t seem to mind them and neither does the rooster, thank god!! My question is, our coop is raised off the ground by probably 2 feet or so with a ramp with small...
  2. R

    Button quail going broody??

    I took out her first ten eggs to give to someone else. I didn't want to hatch them bcuz they looked small. My button quail first laid two eggs after that. They are both next to each other in the cage. I didn't see anymore days following that so I assumed she was done laying. However, I checked...
  3. J

    Broody hen, moist bedding, pneumonia

    I had a broody hen hatch 6 chicks, they are a week and a half old and doing well. The are in a open 8x8 roofed run with air coming in from 3 sides. They do have a cat carrier to sleep under the hen in. It poured today and some water got into the bedding. It isn’t soaked but it’s definitely...
  4. A

    Giving my broody hen fertilized eggs

    Hello, I am new to chickens and only have 4 as per municipal rules. I don’t have a rooster but just realized one of my hens is broody. Moving her, giving her treats and removing nesting boxes were unsuccessful. I decided to purchase fertilized eggs to give her and give the babies to my sister...
  5. A

    Egg bound or broody?

    Hi, I am very new to chickens and got my red sex link pullets in May when they were 18 weeks old. They are now are now about 6 months old and have all been doing great until yesterday. Yesterday, only 2 laid and egg and I found one other egg under the roosting bar (which has never happened...
  6. celliott24

    Day Old Chicks to Broody Hen

    Hi All, I ordered day old chicks, and had a broody hen (Stella) so she’s been sitting on the (not fertile) eggs for about 20 days. I separated her from the rest of the flock, but they can all still see each other. The chicks hatched on the 20th and I picked them up from the post office early...
  7. K

    Broody hen rejecting chicks in the am

    Last night I snuck three little chicks day ish old chicks (less than 48hrs ) under my broody hen who’s been broody for a long time. She’s a blue austrolourp Rhoda island Red Cross This am I came and the chicks were running around the coop looking distressed and the mama left them I tried...
    • Kscarry
    • Thread
    • broody broody hen broody hen adopting broody hen rejection chick chicks help
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  8. mandymcg05

    Broody Hen close to hatching… help

    Hey guys! I’m proud to announce I have TWO broody hens. And boy are they in it for the long haul! 😂 I have two issues (maybe) and need your advice. 1. They are both in laying boxes that are higher off the ground. Should I move them to a crate in the coop on the ground until after hatching...
  9. K

    Brief intro

    Thanks for the add I have some hens and one particularly problematic broody one. Hopefully I can get help.
  10. D

    Ducklings hatched by Broody Hen

    We recently took on some Khaki Campbell ducks, 3 adults (drake and two hens) and three juveniles. We had a couple broody hens so i gave them a couple duck eggs, well low and behold we have at least one duckling this morning. Should i take the duckling and put it in a brooder? Also, i live in...
  11. R

    Will my button quail hatch her eggs?

    Is it normal for her to lay eggs wherever and just ignore them? Will she gather the eggs when she's ready to incubate? How many eggs will she lay before sitting on them? Right now she has five eggs in the enclosure, just ignoring then. The enclosure is decently sized and they have a sort of arch...
  12. le_bwah

    Broody Coturnix #3

    Well, maybe more like #2.5 since this is Wilma's second go-round on "real" eggs. She's done everything a mother hen can do to give her adopted babies a shot at coming out, and weathered some impressive rain storms the last couple days. With luck, there will be chicks before Sunday. Have a...
    • le_bwah
    • Thread
    • aviary broody hatch quail
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Quail
  13. C

    Broody hen hatching eggs

    I have over 150 chicks and chickens all barred rock and I have a question about my broody hen that has been sitting on eggs for the last 3 weeks. Her hatch day was yesterday and she hatched 4 babies out!! She has quite a few under her still. I originally gave her 12 but she accumulated a few and...
  14. Lilybljm

    Anyone else have an unreliable broody?

    I have a hen that becomes broody every year and will give up on the eggs after about a week. Sometimes she’ll come back to them for two more days later on, but usually she won’t. The eggs spend more time cold than warm, so I don’t trust her to lay on them anymore. I keep snatching them and...
  15. joymo

    Two Broody Sisters and One Chicky on the Way

    Hello everyone! I have 2 OEGB sisters that we've had since they were about 4 months old, they are now about a year old. They like to go broody here and there but are happy and regular layers. My son had tried to mate his hen and rooster but the the hen wouldn't sit on the eggs she would lay and...
  16. Heartsopenwide

    Is my chicken soft boiling eggs? 😝

    Had this ever happened to you?: I started with 17 BCM hatching eggs I bought for my broody Cuckoo Marans. One disappeared. One she tossed, which cracked and had an embryo in it 😟. I tossed 3 last week that were not fertilized. I tossed two more tonight that were not fertilized. One of the two...
  17. TheAlarmCluck

    Help! Peephole on day 18!?!?

    @Lacy Duckwing @Party_Chicken @Acre4Me This post is a continuation of my thread "What Should I Do With My Broody Hen" (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-should-i-do-with-my-broody-hen.1577562/page-3#post-26864748). This is a new thread I made for this topic. I have a broody hen on...
  18. T

    Week 4, still broody

    Hi everyone! I really need some advice. Our hen has been broody for four weeks now. She hatched out a chick last weekend but seemed to attack it. I tried to save it but think it was hurt. Because I read to give 24 hours for eggs to hatch, we did that. A day or so later, we candled and got rid of...
  19. Little Tala Bug

    Anyone in or near Scotland have Jersey Giants for sale?

    I have tried to get Jersey Giants twice in the last few months and have been bumped both times just days before pickup. The only breeders I have seen are way down south in England, so I have been relying on Gumtree and sheer luck. I would love to have a few of those big beautiful girls and...
  20. C

    Is this hen broody?

    Last night I came to close the door and she was in the nesting box. I took her out and put her on the roost with the rest of them. If I sit her outside she will just stand there and then go back into the nesting box. She also isn’t even a year old yet. Any tips on how to break her from this? Thanks!
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