Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

@igorsMistress The dark eyed girl is in broody jail now. I put her in there a little bit ago.

 

[Chikibabymom]

False alarm on the broody everyone my family thinks I’m a crazy chicken lady because I was worrying over nothing haha. We got home from getting some groceries and there she was out and about socializing normally. I wonder why she was in the nesting boxes so long when usually all three girls finish laying by around 11am

 

[igorsMistress]

False alarm on the broody everyone my family thinks I’m a crazy chicken lady because I was worrying over nothing haha. We got home from getting some groceries and there she was out and about socializing normally. I wonder why she was in the nesting boxes so long when usually all three girls finish laying by around 11am

Keep an eye on her. They start like that sometimes

 

[Chikibabymom]

Keep an eye on her. They start like that sometimes

I’ll be sure to collect the eggs sooner too so she doesn’t have time to go sit on them

 

[cavemanrich]

This girl is a stunner! The roo has a long, thick neck and his saddle feathers are coming in yellow. He has some nice lacing or penciling or whatever but he's not letting me get very close at the moment. @BlueBaby
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Do you intend to bring them here after lockdown is lifted???

Spoiler: neck service

 

[nuthatched]

Spring peeps are growing fast! How's everyone's chicks?

 

[BlueBaby]

@nuthatched My 3 that hatched out in Feb. are now running around in the coop and run with the adult's. The cockerel in this batch isn't related to any of my other's, so I kept him. My 5 in the brooder are 2 week's old now as of yesterday, and are starting to go through the food and water faster now as they grow. My next hatch in the incubator is due on May 10th. I have a broody hen in broody jail.

 

[igorsMistress]

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Spring peeps are growing fast! How's everyone's chicks?

They sure are! Mine are also getting big. In the evenings they're leaving their little coop yard to explore the wide open space of the backyard on their own.

 

[starri33]

Thanks for the help! Do you recommend leaving the crate near the run or keeping her away from the rest of the flock?

I made one of mine a broody prison, kept it in the coop with everyone else, a small dog crate with hardware cloth for the bottom and up on 2 x 4's so that air could circulate under her. No nest box/materials, she broke in 24 hours or less.

 

[starri33]

False alarm on the broody everyone my family thinks I’m a crazy chicken lady because I was worrying over nothing haha. We got home from getting some groceries and there she was out and about socializing normally. I wonder why she was in the nesting boxes so long when usually all three girls finish laying by around 11am

Go out and check tonight see if she's not back on the nest, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I was seeing broody poo and not finding a hen parked in one of the nest boxes, then I figured it out, they were down eating and drinking while I was in there,finally caught one in the nest box, I gave her eggs to hatch..