Broody hen getting attacked

[aart]

No I didn't. She started with 11 but ended up with 13 so I knew at least 2 wouldn't hatch.

So do you know how long she's been setting...is it more than 21 days?
Any candling done to see if eggs are developing?

 

[ehoneybee]

So do you know how long she's been setting...is it more than 21 days?
Any candling done to see if eggs are developing?

Most be more than 21 days. I admit I wasn't sure when she started sitting but Thursday was a 21 days estimate. I think only 4 have hatched but she doesn't get up so I can't really see. Is it time to move her?

 

[ehoneybee]

Most be more than 21 days. I admit I wasn't sure when she started sitting but Thursday was a 21 days estimate. I think only 4 have hatched but she doesn't get up so I can't really see. Is it time to move her?

I can't really get under her and what if they're alive but she won't sit on them once I've touched them?

 

[bobbi-j]

I’d just let her be. The first hatched chicks can go up to 3 days without food or water. There really isn’t a reason to move her, is there? I’d let her finish hatching and then see how it goes. Watch to see how the other hens interact with them.

 

[ehoneybee]

I’d just let her be. The first hatched chicks can go up to 3 days without food or water. There really isn’t a reason to move her, is there? I’d let her finish hatching and then see how it goes. Watch to see how the other hens interact with them.

Ok. She has the roosting area to herself all day and I have chick starter and waterer for them. One chick has already been eating it but it's been hatched since Saturday at least.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

So glad to finally see a thread about this!! Ive been having the exact same thing happen to our Batam Wyandotte and she’s not been broody since mid-winter ! It’s not the usual case of letting them fight it out a bit and then they are good..not a single bird tolerates her and the roosters are especially aggressive about it

 

[ehoneybee]

Ok. She has the roosting area to herself all day and I have chick starter and waterer for them. One chick has already been eating it but it's been hatched since Saturday at least.

So glad to finally see a thread about this!! Ive been having the exact same thing happen to our Batam Wyandotte and she’s not been broody since mid-winter ! It’s not the usual case of letting them fight it out a bit and then they are good..not a single bird tolerates her and the roosters are especially aggressive about it

I'm sorry. This is actually not what's happening to my hen. I saw it once and got scared she was being bullied but it was a one time thing thank goodness.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

This is the closest thing I’ve ever seen to what’s happening...may have to start a new thread. She’s not unhappy being a loner as long as none of the roosters are beating on her..(or our particularly sassy d’Uccle hen ) she’s even taken up chasing our cat around, which she clearly enjoys.

 

[aart]

may have to start a new thread.

Often a good idea

 

[ehoneybee]

I’d just let her be. The first hatched chicks can go up to 3 days without food or water. There really isn’t a reason to move her, is there? I’d let her finish hatching and then see how it goes. Watch to see how the other hens interact with them.

I just tried candling 4 eggs that I could reach under her (there are more) and I dropped one inside! At least it was rotten and not a chick but nonetheless. I don't have the equipment to candle and I don't know what I'm looking at anyway so I put the 3 back under her. None really floated, either . It just seems like she's waiting for those eggs to hatch and at this point most have not. I'd rather move her to her own coop because the coop she's in has 9 other chickens in it and there is not room for those chicks when they start walking around.