Broody chicken

[Star and eclipsa]

Does anyone have any cool, creative names for a brown pullet?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I apologize for hopping on here but can’t seem to start my own thread. My Buff Orpington went broody two weeks ago and has been sitting. Suddenly yesterday she is off and back with the flock. I take it she’s done? What to do with the eggs now?

Hi, welcome to BYC!

If she stayed out and didn't go back then yes she is likely done. If she stayed out a really long time and went back at night, I would MAKE her done. No half broodiness on my watch. But if you just saw her out with them, 15-30 minutes is probably normal.

Anyways, if you wanted to you could have put the eggs into an incubator and continued the hatch yourself. Or simply throw them away.

Depending on how long they cooled off for they could still hatch perfectly fine, or with some bent toes/spraddle leg from temp fluctuations, or not at all.

Good luck either way!