Broody Hen Thread!

[mysterychick]

I am excited to join this thread! My little Silky went broody thanks to some golf balls. It took only ab out a week before it was clear she was getting committed to the task. I have a Brahma who also tends to go broody, and she toyed with the idea of the golf balls but quit after a couple of days.

I ordered 6 Silky eggs for my Silky after it was clear she was committed to the task and the lovely seller sent 9, so they are all at present under her with a supposed hatch date of April 13th or 14th. Totally my first time, as well as my broody's, and the hatching eggs traveled a long way, so I have no clue what will happen. I can't wait to candle on Day 4! She is a super broody mama hen, and goes broody so often and stays broody so long, so I think she will do a stellar job. She is all fluffed up over her eggs now, and clucks at me and even gently pecked me when I messed with her eggs/golf balls. She seems to get off the nest only once a day for only about 15 minutes, unless she gets off another time that I don't observe. I keep joking to my husband that I am fulfilling her life's dream by letting her hatch some eggs, and Chicken Dreams Matter.

 

[redranger209]

I have a broody cochin bantam sitting on some maran, super blue and olive egger eggs. There due on easter.

 

[redsix]

I have a broody cochin bantam sitting on some maran, super blue and olive egger eggs. There due on easter.

Sounds exciting. I may try that this fall.

 

[lilwildrabbit]

I know it can get exciting, i have a little bantam that is sitting in four eggs. She hatched one in day 20 and nomore pips or movement out of the other three

My little bantam was on 11 eggs and this cold snap hit she got wet and cold finally having to abandon her clutch of eggs I recovered them and they were already ice cold but I placed them in the incubator anyway that morning and I had one hatching that evening from 11 eggs 10 hatched! I know if I can get her to nest in her new coop I'll have plenty of chicksvfrom her. No as to sitting hens I have a few sexlinks they have never tried to set but I had one odd white hen that laid brown eggs that was a brooder!! She was all kind of hissing and biting till I said ok you can set her first hatch was 2 chicks wasn't expecting any because I wasn't ready but she was killed in the attack now this year all I have had sitvis my bantam

 

[Junglefowlboss]

I got broody game mix that is setting on olive egger, marans, sussex, and barred rock eggs. I cant wait to see what they turn out to be.

 

[KingTorta69]

My hen was sitting in her box I u wen in to see if she laid eggs and when I put my Hand out she jumped out turned out she laid 2 eggs i left the eggs there to see if she would jump back on so they can hatch?

 

[PD-Riverman]

My hen was sitting in her box I u wen in to see if she laid eggs and when I put my Hand out she jumped out turned out she laid 2 eggs i left the eggs there to see if she would jump back on so they can hatch?

Question-----is she your only hen---if not how did you figure she layed 2 eggs herself??

 

[thunderbird]

Alright so basically I made my cochin bantam hen broody in less than 5 minutes. I just set her down on a nest of eggs and put some in front of her to tuck and now she's full on broody.

She has never shown any sign of broodyness until now and she's not even a year old

 

[Mylied]

Alright so basically I made my cochin bantam hen broody in less than 5 minutes. I just set her down on a nest of eggs and put some in front of her to tuck and now she's full on broody.

She has never shown any sign of broodyness until now and she's not even a year old

She's so pretty! I hope she keeps sitting for you.

 

[microchick]

She definitely has the screech down pat. I can almost hear it!