Brody hen question

[NatJ]

One chick with a hen will probably do better than one chick alone in a brooder.

But if you have chicks of slightly different ages, then brooding them together is also an option to keep them from being alone. Up to a week difference in age is usually fine, one they're a few days or a week old they may be fine with chicks up to 2-3 weeks different in age.

 

[BDutch]

One chick with a hen will probably do better than one chick alone in a brooder.

But if you have chicks of slightly different ages, then brooding them together is also an option to keep them from being alone. Up to a week difference in age is usually fine, one they're a few days or a week old they may be fine with chicks up to 2-3 weeks different in age.

You are talking about chicks out of an incubator without a broody?

Raising chicks alone is not good.
Chicks/chickens need company. But you can’t put chicks and chickens together after chicks hatched from an incubator. Unless you are lucky with a broody and it wotks to change a eggs for chicks overnight. But do watch in the morning if the hen accepts the chicks.

 

[NatJ]

You are talking about chicks out of an incubator without a broody?

When I talked about raising different age chicks together, yes I meant in a brooder without a hen.

 

[Clap p 1]

You are talking about chicks out of an incubator without a broody?

Raising chicks alone is not good.
Chicks/chickens need company. But you can’t put chicks and chickens together after chicks hatched from an incubator. Unless you are lucky with a broody and it wotks to change a eggs for chicks overnight. But do watch in the morning if the hen accepts the chicks.

Thank you for your concern. I have given the broody the one bantam egg that probably is hers anyway and because someone mentioned it growing up as an only child, I gave the broody an araucana egg today. So there will be two chicks by this coming Tuesday hatched by the broody. I will have the other araucana eggs hatch in the incubator and brood them inside.

 

[BDutch]

Thank you for your concern. I have given the broody the one bantam egg that probably is hers anyway and because someone mentioned it growing up as an only child, I gave the broody an araucana egg today. So there will be two chicks by this coming Tuesday hatched by the broody. I will have the other araucana eggs hatch in the incubator and brood them inside.

Great if this will work as you hope. Because not all eggs hatch.

 

[Clap p 1]

Great if this will work as you hope. Because not all eggs hatch.

I did candle both eggs before I gave them to her and they were right where they should be. I know things can still go wrong but I just do the best I can and let God handle the rest.