Broody hatch-a-long!!! With Pippin!

[yakitori]

just candled today day 17 and I think I saw a beak in one of the eggs
Do think it will hatch anytime soon although I don’t want that to happen
I want them to hatch all together

is it an internal peep? that’s super early

 

[Imammusa]

does she still get off the eggs herself? I do bring water to momma a couple of times a day to keep her hydrated, but I’ve read that if broodies are fed while they’re on the eggs they might poop in the nest... so I’ve been wary.

Not that my momma would ever eat anything offered to her when she’s in the zone, lol.

Mine leave the nest every morning to eat and and do her other activities and then come back. She is outside right now as I’m typing this

 

[Imammusa]

is it an internal peep? that’s super early

I gave her one egg a day before the rest of the eggs

 

[PippinTheChicken]

does she still get off the eggs herself? I do bring water to momma a couple of times a day to keep her hydrated, but I’ve read that if broodies are fed while they’re on the eggs they might poop in the nest... so I’ve been wary.

Not that my momma would ever eat anything offered to her when she’s in the zone, lol.

She doesn't leave that much, saw her the other day taking a dush bath, she returned to the coop a few minutes later. (Leaving behind a big, green, stinky poop!)
I don't see her out of the nest but maybe she leaves when I'm not there? She doesn't poop on the eggs.
I've heard stories of broodies who didn't leave the nest and starved to death... May not be true but I'm not taking any chances!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Day 17
Official lockdown

 

[Imammusa]

Day 17
Official lockdown

Can’t wait for the chicks
If one of mine hatch earlier I will have to take the chicks

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Can’t wait for the chicks
If one of mine hatch earlier I will have to take the chicks

if they hatch earlier and momma abandons the eggs, you can incubate them and give the chicks back to her when they hatch

 

[Imammusa]

if they hatch earlier and momma abandons the eggs, you can incubate them and give the chicks back to her when they hatch

I don’t even own an incubator
She gotta finish her job

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I don’t even own an incubator
She gotta finish her job

Broodies tend not to leave the nest until 24-48 hours after the first chicks hatch

 

[Imammusa]

Broodies tend not to leave the nest until 24-48 hours after the first chicks hatch

I know this guy that make his chickens hatch 2 sets of eggs before leaving the nest. After they hatch the first set he will take the chicks and give her fresh eggs to hatch and it always work. I take it as cruelty