surrogate hen

  1. 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...
  2. W

    Introducing new chicks to broody hen

    Hi Guys! We have a Buff Orpington named Lemon who went broody for the first time a few weeks ago. Our local Tractor Supply had Lavender Orpington chicks in stock so I purchased 6 to see if Lemon would be their surrogate mother. She was pretty darn mean as a broody hen so I snuck in after dark...
  3. ame087192

    success introducing bantams and surrogate hen!

    Oh I’m so happy! It has been a LONG week! And I made some mistakes along the way but I feel like celebrating! my 4 year old Speckled Sussex went broody this year (she usually does), so I went and purchased 5 Bantam chicks at tractor supply for her. Out of the 5, only one passed away (he was...
  4. JenEgrrrL

    Would you try to add 1 week olds to a mama with 4 week olds?

    I have a 2 yr old broody that is now a 1st time surrogate mama. Couldn’t break her broodiness for weeks and finally gave in, giving her 2 EE day-olds. 2 days later, we added two 1-week old broiler chicks and she accepted them no problem. I have chicks hatching at a breeder today that I’ll be...
  5. FavreFarm

    Moving broody hen

    hello everyone. I’ve had a broody hen sitting for a while and decided to get some babies to add to our flock. Never attempted this before and I would like to do everything correctly. I have a few concerns if anyone has advice. 1- we have 16 babies coming. How many can she realistically take...
  6. T

    Silkie buried eggs

    I have a silkie who recently went broody (sitting on her eggs, staying in the coop and not roaming with the other hens, tucking her egg back beneath her when I try to take it) but we don’t have a rooster to fertilize her eggs so we bought her a dozen fertilized silkie eggs. I gave them to her...
  7. mrsperryhens22

    Bantam Cochin as Egg Hatcher

    I have had a rather broody Bantam Cochin so this year I bought her some fertilized eggs. She has managed to hatch one and only abandoned the eggs 2x for rather short periods of time. We have some heat advisory level weather here so I am hoping maybe more will hatch. I have a few day old chicks...
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