2009 is The Year of the Broodies....and ANOTHER One...(PICS)

[EweSheep]

Oops, Glenda! Tsk, tsk, be careful next time!

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Ok, nobody tell my dad but I snuck another silkie egg under my broodies the day after I set them

that makes 16 eggs

 

[americana-chick]

I have had hens almost my whole life and never once had one broody out her owne chicks. Except one time we had one hen try but she sadly failed

when is the age they usually brood?i know it varies.
But i think they never went broodie because of the rooster and his rough mating. do you think that might have been it? I did finally get a new roo though so hopefully that helps.

 

[LynneP]

I've had only 1, but I have only 12 hens and no rooster. I blame a ringneck pheasant who visited the coop in the spring to dance for the ladies...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=7693-sick-hen

 

[speckledhen]

The first time Glenda was broody, the same thing happened. A baby pipped and ended up crushed in the shell, but that time, she was in what we thought was a too small area. Now, she has a huge roomy nest, so no idea what happened. Guess it's just one of those things.

 

[stuckinthecity]

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Haha, wow wouldnt that be something to hatch some ringneck fathered chicks from your red stars!

 

[stuckinthecity]

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Its hard to tell, but here it goes from my experience (sp?)
Silkie X (Toppy) adopted a game chick when she was VERY young- she defended that baby game from the mean game hens. She set again after the game was starting to grow up, gave her 11 eggs, she hatched 10, but one baby died

THEN, that same year she began setting again!!! I bought her some chicks, then the whole family was lost one night.
Sorry that was so long!
so basically... silkie and silkie crosses-any age
games- early, maybe 2-3 year olds
layer hens/ excluding Buff Orps, and Black Aussie, probably when they get a little age on them, 2-3+
Anybody correct me if Im wrong

 

[Chickenaddict]

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I'll send you one!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I'll send you one!

I could send half a dozen, and I'd still have too many!

I have broody ducks, guineas, and button quial too. It is definitely the year of the broody!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Yes, I've heard how crazy the silkies are, but I wasn't too sure on the cochins. Not only are these 2 mamas mothering their 2 chicks, but the roo (who is still in with them) has taken to sleeping in the front of the nest box, instead of on the roost. I guess he is protecting his little family

Mine are mostly free-range though, except for the cochins. But they have a 3'x8' tractor with a nest box, so they have plenty of room.

Our walmart here has some plastic garden fencing that looks just like chicken wire. I don't know how the predators are there, but if you don't have a problem with them (like I do) you could make a small pen out of that?