Broody Hen Thread!

[nchls school]

Anyone have experience with hens hatching duck eggs? I was gifted some and may let my broody w/o eggs have a few.

Yes. If you have specific questions I will try to answer them.

 

[chickmeme]

My broody and three of her four babies. these were born last night.

she still has a few eggs left. the forth one is black.

 

[4hBrahmas]

Yes. If you have specific questions I will try to answer them.

Can you guess the breed by pictures of the eggs? I don't even know who left the eggs at my work and nobody knew what to do with them so I just took them. I have more than my hen can handle son I was going to incubate some as well and knowing the breed would be nice lol

 

[mymilliefleur]

Anyone have experience with hens hatching duck eggs? I was gifted some and may let my broody w/o eggs have a few.

I had a game hen a few years ago that hatched off some muscovy duck eggs. She did pretty well with them, and when she left them, they started hanging out with the ducks instead of the chickens. The hen never seemed to realize that that batch were a little different than the other chicks she had raised.

 

[4hBrahmas]

I had a game hen a few years ago that hatched off some muscovy duck eggs. She did pretty well with them, and when she left them, they started hanging out with the ducks instead of the chickens. The hen never seemed to realize that that batch were a little different than the other chicks she had raised.

Lol I don't have any ducks so she is probably going to have to put up with them until I get them sorted out

 

[fisherlady]

My broody and three of her four babies. these were born last night. she still has a few eggs left. the forth one is black.

Sweet!

 

[nchls school]

Can you guess the breed by pictures of the eggs? I don't even know who left the eggs at my work and nobody knew what to do with them so I just took them. I have more than my hen can handle son I was going to incubate some as well and knowing the breed would be nice lo Afraid not. There are many breeds where eggs are similar in appearance. Most duck eggs take about 28 days to hatch. Muscoveys are an exception in that they take 35 days to complete incubation.

 

[4hBrahmas]

Okay. I guess I'll figure it out if they hatch

 

[Wannabechiklady]

I looked through, and while I didn't read all of the thread (wow!), I was wondering when I can put the broody hen and the three baby chicks she adopted outside with the other hens. They are now two weeks old and the highs are in the 70s and 80s. I would still put them in at night. Thank you! I love this thread!

 

[nchls school]

I looked through, and while I didn't read all of the thread (wow!), I was wondering when I can put the broody hen and the three baby chicks she adopted outside with the other hens. They are now two weeks old and the highs are in the 70s and 80s. I would still put them in at night. Thank you! I love this thread!

They should be fine going outside.