Broody Hen Thread!

[fisherlady]

Another broody with her crew...

 

[Honora]

Wow, ok. I guess I was worrying unnecessarily then. We didn't know if it would be too cold for them so my husband brought the chicks in the house tonight. Tomorrow I will just let them roost with the mamas though! Thanks for the advice!

Love the pictures of your chicks & mama hens @fisherlady !

 

[fisherlady]

And another broody (Janeway) taught her big clan the ways of the world and just last week she (finally) sent them off on their own...

 

[fisherlady]

Love the pictures of your chicks & mama hens @fisherlady !

Thanks! I do love snapping pics of them when I can...they do tend to photograph well, so they make it easy.

 

[katatonic123]

Ok so I have another girl wanting to brood. I don't have a cage with a wire bottom but I do have a guinea pig cage that I usually use as a brooder. Would that work as a breaker with no bedding or nest? Lows will be in the mid 30s to low 50s range for the next few nights. Is that too cold for her to be by herself?

 

[PD-Riverman]

Ok so I have another girl wanting to brood. I don't have a cage with a wire bottom but I do have a guinea pig cage that I usually use as a brooder. Would that work as a breaker with no bedding or nest? Lows will be in the mid 30s to low 50s range for the next few nights. Is that too cold for her to be by herself?

I am not looking at the guinea pig cage, but if its a solid bottom with wire sides---"I" would turn the cage on its side so she has wire under her.

 

[Halloweengirl13]

Angry Birds " chicks "

(Pardon the muck it had been raining all day when I took this picture)
Angry Bird watching her babies play in the pool

One of the babies mananged to get under her to sleep. Most of them are bigger than her now .

 

[the poppster]

I agree with PDR...and will add...she will not get to cold at 30 degrees...the feathers act like a nice down jacket...she probably won't even notice the temp...and it will help to break her Broodyness...I wouldn't be worried.

 

[the poppster]

Angry Birds " chicks "

Love the pictures!!! Wonderful name!!

(Pardon the muck it had been raining all day when I took this picture)
Angry Bird watching her babies play in the pool

One of the babies mananged to get under her to sleep. Most of them are bigger than her now .

 

[katatonic123]

On the side it might be unstable but I could probably just turn it upside down. Maybe that would work?

I am not looking at the guinea pig cage, but if its a solid bottom with wire sides---"I" would turn the cage on its side so she has wire under her.

Edited to add a link to a pic of one like mine: http://www.petco.com/assets/product_images/0/045125601541CS1.jpg