“Share Helpful Backyard Poultry TIPS” a Random Posting CONTEST Thread ~ Hosts, Mike & Sally

[chickenjoe12]

awwww im trying to get my bantams broody fully so can hatch but they wont go broody
but i think im close
@Sally Sunshine got any tips????

 

[Sally Sunshine]

awwww im trying to get my bantams broody fully so can hatch but they wont go broody

but i think im close

@Sally Sunshine got any tips????

BROODY HENS

Encourage Hens to Hatch Eggs http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/encourage-hens-to-hatch-eggs.aspx
Encouraging or Discouraging Broodiness CLICK HERE
SHOULD I move my BROODY mamma? discussion begins post #28264 post #28269
Broody Hens CLICK HERE
Letting Broody Hens Hatch & Raise Chicks CLICK HERE
Broody Hens versus Incubators CLICK HERE
"The Call of the Hen". virtual book https://archive.org/details/callhenscience00hogarich
Battling a Broody Chicken Click HERE

UPDATE:​

I have pulled extremely helpful NOTES, LINKS &​

Informational Post Links from the Incubation w/ Friends thread​

for EVERYONE'S convenience and will continue to put them HERE:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links
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[IHeartPoultry]

I have realized recently that I notice roos sooner than many people. Sometimes younger than a week old I can point out genders. It's just because I watch their behavior. It's not a sure-fire-way, but it definitely helps me out telling cockerels from pullets.

The type of behavior I notice the young roosters do often is:
1.) Always looking up. This is a big one! if you have some chicks who are always looking up at you and looking you in the eye then they are likely boys.
2.) Challenging another chick over and over.
3.) Pecking at hands.
4.) Comes running when you pick a suspected pullet up.

AGAIN, this is not a for-sure way to sex them. It has just helped me out in the past, and I wanted to share how I guess so early with you all so you can create bonds with the ones you can keep.

 

[IHeartPoultry]

BROODY HENS

Encourage Hens to Hatch Eggs http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/encourage-hens-to-hatch-eggs.aspx
Encouraging or Discouraging Broodiness CLICK HERE
SHOULD I move my BROODY mamma? discussion begins post #28264 post #28269
Broody Hens CLICK HERE
Letting Broody Hens Hatch & Raise Chicks CLICK HERE
Broody Hens versus Incubators CLICK HERE
"The Call of the Hen". virtual book https://archive.org/details/callhenscience00hogarich
Battling a Broody Chicken Click HERE

UPDATE:​

I have pulled extremely helpful NOTES, LINKS &​

Informational Post Links from the Incubation w/ Friends thread​

for EVERYONE'S convenience and will continue to put them HERE:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links
​

What about breaking a broody???

I have a silkie who's being a nest-box-hogger...

Edit: never mind.. i see you have a "broody battle" link

 

[aart]

What about breaking a broody???
If you don't want her to hatch out chicks, best to break her promptly.
My experience went like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest, I put her in a wire dog crate with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop and I would feed her some crumble a couple times a day.

I let her out a couple times a day and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two.
Water nipple bottle added after pic was taken.

 

[mlm Mike]

 

[chickenjoe12]

or you can do the water thing where you hold them in water so it covers there belly for 2 minutes

 

[Pensmaster]

Use your bug zapper for insects to feed to the chickens. Put in the coop or collect bugs from the zapper to feed them. My chicks go absolutely crazy for them.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Tree stump doorstop - what a cool idea!

We always have broody serama!! so we have a few pens, what we do is pull the broody hens out and throw them in with a different roo in a different pen, The new roosters DONT let them brood lol

 

[mlm Mike]

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