Broodies and their Babies

[abbevilleoz]

What a spread! No she didn't hatch all 21. Less than a week after going broody, she hatched 1 egg (from the incubator) that we slipped under her when it was on day 18. As the incubator chicks hatched, we put them under her. She thinks she's "Super-hen" for hatching all these chicks from one egg. Because she's a bantam, it's just easier to put her in the brooder. There's a supplemental "heating pad broody hen" but as you can see, they prefer the real deal.

She gets my vote!

 

[Faraday40]

Remember Cookie?


Well she's back in action!
What's she thinking this time?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

This thread makes me so happy

 

[WVduckchick]

This thread makes me so happy

Please come get some of my broodies!!

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Heck no I have too many of my own lol. It's a constant circus trying to decide where to put them all. I'm going to have to start breaking them I want to breed my silver penciled rock bantams but never have anywhere to separate them because of all the dang broodies arrrrggghh and they are broody inclined too and will probably go broody again before I get a chance to breed them lol.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Remember Cookie?


Well she's back in action!
What's she thinking this time?

In last 2 pics, it looks like she is thinking "O... M... G... What the flock was I thinking????"

 

[BantyChooks]

Please come get some of my broodies!!

X2... I've got a mutt that's 9 months old and just went broody for the 3rd time yesterday.

Plus Jace... And I might have two more in the works.... Not much, I know, but that's most of my layer flock.

 

[Abriana]

Remember Cookie?

I remember this picture from the poulty shaming thread. "I like to collect chicks. If it peeps, IT'S MINE!" What a cute picture.
Well she's back in action!
What's she thinking this time?

 

[Faraday40]

My bantam orp is by far my most frequent broody.

....but did someone just say that Silver Penciled Rocks go broody?! Uh oh! I just hatched a female LF one this spring. i thought Rocks in general were not a very broody breed.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

My bantam orp is by far my most frequent broody.

....but did someone just say that Silver Penciled Rocks go broody?! Uh oh! I just hatched a female LF one this spring. i thought Rocks in general were not a very broody breed.

My LF hatchery/production quality Barred Rock has yet to go broody at just over a year and a half old. My bantam Rocks are from show stock though, so I suppose broodiness has not been bred out of them.