Broody Hen Thread!

[DinaKay]

I think Ma is happy...here's 2 of the 4 little peeps

 

[Greg88]

cute!

 

[katatonic123]

My brother has 2 babies and one pipping! The 4th egg has disappeared.

 

[16 paws]

Just curious. Where do u live and where did u buy the salmon faverolles

Hi,
I live in Vista ca and I got the Faveroles from Hawthorn Country Feed in Escondido.

 

[Klay]

Hi,
I live in Vista ca and I got the Faveroles from Hawthorn Country Feed in Escondido.

Well nevermind that's across the country from me lol. I live in sc

 

[Ruthannnall]

about to give up on letting the banty set the eggs. Every time I would put eggs under her they would come up missing. Put up a trail camera to try to figure out if I had a snake. And come to find out I have a egg eating royal Palm Turkey hen. Gosh I wish it would have been a snake it would have been a lot easier to solve the problem. Now I have to figure out what I'm going to do.

 

[Crista]

I think Ma is happy...here's 2 of the 4 little peeps

That's wonderful!!!!

I did put my leather glove on -I'm quite the wuss- and looked under my girl. Yep. The eggs are still there so guess I just keep waiting.

 

[16 paws]

Well nevermind that's across the country from me lol. I live in sc
Yes, its a little more than a hop skip and a jump lol

Marie

 

[16 paws]

Picture of my JO babies that hatched out from under my BO broody yesterday.
Still hoping for one more today out of the two remaining eggs.

Very cute babies, congratulations!

 

[16 paws]

I'm no expert by far but I do know that the change in weather that we had, warm to cold to warm again did affect Aggies eggs. She should have hatched 7 eggs at 21 days. She hatched 2 on day 21, 3 on day 22, 2 on day 23 then got off the nest with her 6 chicks leaving 2 eggs that I brought into the house to finish hatching and then reunited with their momma and siblings. 1 egg quit early with a blood ring and two eggs were infertile. A few of the hens donated eggs to her cause before I caught them so we set her under 11 eggs and 8 hatched in all. Can't complain about that one bit.

We did everything we could to keep her comfortable. The local power company sends us 'Thank you " cards, LOL.

Some things are just between the hen, mother nature and a power greater than them all.

Amen to that!