Broody hen sitting on eggs

[SulkyBantam]

Alright, I’m pretty sure that I’m going to seperate them and just feed the momma and chicks the same food. Thankyou for your help!

Good plan. trust me its the best one. Tell us when they hatch!

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

It depends if your hen is at the top of the pecking order than you should be OK (still keep an eye on it though).I ,however, try to make it a practice of separating my new mothers.
As for the change of feed, yes! The mother will not be laying eggs for weeks so she has no need for the calcium and the babies will need the starter food.

 

[ZoZoMonkey]

I'd leave them together.
Is the broody in a low or high nest?

A high nest

 

[ZoZoMonkey]

It depends if your hen is at the top of the pecking order than you should be OK (still keep an eye on it though).I ,however, try to make it a practice of separating my new mothers.
As for the change of feed, yes! The mother will not be laying eggs for weeks so she has no need for the calcium and the babies will need the starter food.

Okay, I think I will leave them together!

 

[aart]

A high nest

Once the chicks start to hatch you might want to put up a higher barrier on the nest front so they can't fall out....then move them lower when hatching is done.

 

[ZoZoMonkey]

Update: 2 out of 5 of my chicks have hatched and 1 is still hatching it started hatching at about 10:30 am and is still hatching it has progressed and I am just wondering if it is still alive. Here are some photos... They are on chick crumbles and I have halved the chicken coop for them.

 

[Perris]

congrats on your first hatch!

I can't see your water bowl properly in these photos; make sure it has some marbles or gravel or something in it so the chicks can't drown in it.

 

[Perris]

any updates @ZoZoMonkey ? did any more hatch?

 

[ZoZoMonkey]

any updates @ZoZoMonkey ? did any more hatch?

I put some marbles in the water bowl and one of the other eggs that was hatching died mid way of hatching and the other eggs didn’t hatch and my momma hen abandoned the eggs and is just caring for her 2 chicks!

 

[Perris]

2 chicks is good! one under each wing And the flock doesn't outgrow your space too quickly either