Broody Hatchalong!

[MGG]

WHOOOHOOOO! My hen just laid her first egg!! She is like 50 weeks old or so and I expected she was just a dud! She has always liked to nest still but nothing has ever come out. Then this morning she found the tractor and decided the seat was the best place to lay her first egg. Meanwhile my rooster crowed while standing on the steering wheel .
She's a production blue, strangely small and slow growing but not bantam.

Wow!!! Awesome!

 

[tamdeva]

Yay!!!
My Ivy just went broody! I'm letting her hatch too. View attachment 2572308

I had two of my hens go broody last May and the other in Aug. 4 chicks in May, and 2 again in Aug.....so went to the feed store and got 6 "pullets" to add to the Aug 4, ended up with 7 out of those that made it, one of the feed store (Tractor S) was a Blue Wyondotte and it turned out to be a rooster with a regular comb So out of the two hatchings got a rooster in each. Now have 3 roosters, but Daddy is getting old, so they all tolerate each other. All the young ladies are laying pretty little tan and blue and green eggs. Post pictures of the babies!!!!

 

[Anne02]

I had two of my hens go broody last May and the other in Aug. 4 chicks in May, and 2 again in Aug.....so went to the feed store and got 6 "pullets" to add to the Aug 4, ended up with 7 out of those that made it, one of the feed store (Tractor S) was a Blue Wyondotte and it turned out to be a rooster with a regular comb So out of the two hatchings got a rooster in each. Now have 3 roosters, but Daddy is getting old, so they all tolerate each other. All the young ladies are laying pretty little tan and blue and green eggs. Post pictures of the babies!!!!

I will! Too bad about that Wyandotte.

 

[SulkyBantam]

How is the hen and eggs?

 

[MGG]

Mine are good.

 

[SulkyBantam]

Mine are good.

What day are they on?

 

[MGG]

What day are they on?

The eggs just came, lol. Day 0. The hen is good though.

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Can't wait! i'm so exited! Congrats and I will be following this thread.

 

[Anne02]

How is the hen and eggs?

Great!

What day are they on?

Day 7.

Can't wait! i'm so exited! Congrats and I will be following this thread.

Cool!

 

[WallyG74]

I gave my new broody 6 eggs today. I tested her with 4 fakes and 1 real egg. I guess that one will have a days head start. Nothing like having a hen do what she was made to do. It beats squirting water in a hole or waking up to super low humidity.