Broody Hatchalong!

[MGG]

How are everyone's broodies?

 

[Anne02]

How are everyone's broodies?

 

[WallyG74]

How are everyone's broodies?

She’s hopping off the nest to do her thing and when she returns, she sees eggs in the other nests and sits on them. I think today it was for about 45 minutes.

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

How are everyone's broodies?

Great! I tried to move her but she won’t stay put in another coop so the main will have to do. But she’s been kicking the other hens out of her box when they try to lay in them. Also @Anne02 gave me the idea to mark the eggs I want and take out any ones added. So I did that. Otherwise, she’s been taking care of herself and taking breaks for food and water and dust baths. But my rooster chases her back to the box when she’s out for too long. He’s going his job making sure his ladies eggs will hatch

 

[Anne02]

She’s hopping off the nest to do her thing and when she returns, she sees eggs in the other nests and sits on them. I think today it was for about 45 minutes.

Fudge did that the first day. But since then she's done fine.

Great! I tried to move her but she won’t stay put in another coop so the main will have to do. But she’s been kicking the other hens out of her box when they try to lay in them. Also @Anne02 gave me the idea to mark the eggs I want and take out any ones added. So I did that. Otherwise, she’s been taking care of herself and taking breaks for food and water and dust baths. But my rooster chases her back to the box when she’s out for too long. He’s going his job making sure his ladies eggs will hatch

Aw, he's making sure she takes good care of them! That's so cute.

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

Quick update, I moved my two eggs into lockdown yesterday. I absolutely could not get the humidity high enough in my other incubator so I moved them to the NR 360. They are doing good in there at 65% humidity. When should I expect to start seeing/hearing anything? When do they start chirping and wobbling?

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

As y'all know, this is my first time with a broody hen, just lifted her up to check for extra eggs. Forgot about the whole plucking out their chest feathers . Very weird after getting used to such a big fluffy chicken.

does anyone know if ducks do this too? Just curious

 

[MGG]

She’s hopping off the nest to do her thing and when she returns, she sees eggs in the other nests and sits on them. I think today it was for about 45 minutes.

Haha! Mine do that too. It's frustrating. Moving my girl has been wonderful though. I can keep a close eye on her while making sure she's not disrupted or sitting on unwanted eggs.

Quick update, I moved my two eggs into lockdown yesterday. I absolutely could not get the humidity high enough in my other incubator so I moved them to the NR 360. They are doing good in there at 65% humidity. When should I expect to start seeing/hearing anything? When do they start chirping and wobbling?

So they are on day 19 now? Chirping and wobbling are actually fairly uncommon to see. You'll occasionally see an externally pipped egg rock, but unless you are sitting there staring at the eggs for several hours straight, you probably won't see anything before external pipping. Chirping is pretty rare to hear as well, unless you tap on the eggs once they're internally pipped. But I wouldn't reccomend doing that either.
Just watch and wait for external pipping. I up the humidity to 70% once i notice an external pip.

 

[MGG]

As y'all know, this is my first time with a broody hen, just lifted her up to check for extra eggs. Forgot about the whole plucking out their chest feathers . Very weird after getting used to such a big fluffy chicken.

does anyone know if ducks do this too? Just curious

Mine don't actually pluck them, but as far as I know, all female birds have a brood patch.

 

[Anne02]

As y'all know, this is my first time with a broody hen, just lifted her up to check for extra eggs. Forgot about the whole plucking out their chest feathers . Very weird after getting used to such a big fluffy chicken.

Oh yeah. Fudge has a HUGE plucked spot on her chest.