BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[DesertChic]

I had them outside yesterday and they didn't seem to enthused because they every time they couldn't see me they screemed at the top of there lungs and when I let them out of there little thing they followed me all over the place

Awww....you're their mommy!

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ya but there mommy hasn't got to see them yet like my last batch I hatched some baby's and there mom died a few days before the hatched and but they have two mummy's so I just don't know which one is what to what hen so I just say they have two moms

 

[DesertChic]

A question for my more sagacious friends - Today is day 19 for my incubated eggs, and my White Rock hen just went broody again. I'd really like to have her raise this batch of chicks because she's an awesome mom. Should I put the eggs under her now, wait for them to pip, or wait for them to hatch and slip the babies under her? I've got 18 eggs, and that may be too many for her to sit on?

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I would wait until they hatch because if it is to many for her to set on then u could end up with less chicks and for u wait until they pip then they could get cold and die if it is to many for her

 

[ronott1]

A question for my more sagacious friends - Today is day 19 for my incubated eggs, and my White Rock hen just went broody again. I'd really like to have her raise this batch of chicks because she's an awesome mom. Should I put the eggs under her now, wait for them to pip, or wait for them to hatch and slip the babies under her? I've got 18 eggs, and that may be too many for her to sit on?

You know her better than anyone--do you think she will stick with eggs that hatch this soon?

Some hens need to be broody for a week before accepting chicks--something to do with hormones.

I would wait until they hatch and then let her adopt them.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

I agree with Ron, sound advise!

 

[Beer can]

I agree with DesertChick, looks like one of those rubber chickens Lol! Hopefully that's just what was available in urban area grocery stores and those who grew their own looked a little better.
Mine don't look like that, well maybe a few polish cockerels I had a few yrs ago might have. Lol.

 

[Beekissed]

A question for my more sagacious friends - Today is day 19 for my incubated eggs, and my White Rock hen just went broody again. I'd really like to have her raise this batch of chicks because she's an awesome mom. Should I put the eggs under her now, wait for them to pip, or wait for them to hatch and slip the babies under her? I've got 18 eggs, and that may be too many for her to sit on?

If you are sure she's really broody and you know she'll stick with the nest, I'd put 12-15 of them under her now as she will hatch them better than you ever could. Then, as you hatch out the rest, I'd slip them under her as soon as they are dry. I did this exact thing last year~with a WR also~ and the chicks she hatched had no problems whatsoever but the ones I was hatching took a good while and a few of the chicks were weak from a prolonged hatch. Wish I had put them all under her but I had a similar amount to yours and feared they would be too many so I only gave her 10.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I agree with DesertChick, looks like one of those rubber chickens Lol! Hopefully that's just what was available in urban area grocery stores and those who grew their own looked a little better.
Mine don't look like that, well maybe a few polish cockerels I had a few yrs ago might have. Lol.

I never culled or butchered any of my chickens before and don't plan on it and if I end up with any extra roosters I give them to my neighbors that keep chickens for eggs and to keep away bugs or I will keep a pen with just rooster that are all raised together and get along

 

[Beekissed]

Good luck with that.

If you keep chickens long enough, eventually you'll have one that needs to be killed out of sheer mercy....I'm hoping you have someone who can do that for you so your chickens do not suffer needlessly.