Broody Hen Thread!

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

yes we have a heat lamp in the house

 

[Dharmachick]

Sounds good.

 

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

newbie question
what does a blood ring look like?

 

[fisherlady]

Here is a clear example on this thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/is-this-a-blood-ring.1309086/

 

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

it is day 19 and for sum reason she just got of and started shrieking loudly. do all hens do this?

 

[fisherlady]

Every day broodies have a 'time out', they run around clucking loudly, or shrieking if anyone gets close... This period is marked by frenzied scratching, dusting and eating and a horrendous broody poo in some combination or order. During cold weather it may only last 10 minutes, during warm weather it may last 30 minutes to an hour. The hens seem to know what is ok for the eggs.

 

[electrycmonk]

So, serious request for wisdom / advice from y'all experienced Hatcher's.

I posted yesterday a silkie hatchlings thread, this AM I tagged a few names I thought would either have wisdom or know who to tag for wisdom..... Only got 1 so far. From Allen in deep South Tx.(and I am very thankful for his data)

I fully admit to painting myself into a corner by getting distracted by kiddos final weeks of homeschooling & struggles with dogs & preping the coop for the hatching.....

I have just come in from tending to the food/water for all and candling the eggs one more time.
I have realized that there seems to be a near equal divide of the eggs at two different stages of development with the added oddballs just to make things even more distracting.

The pics I posted in the thread shows the development but, I think i may mix folks up in the egg count from last night's posting.
As of right now I'm tempted to go edit the egg count in my OP with this updated thought:

1 egg seems to be a recent addition, likely within the last 2-4 days? {When compared to the pics in the thread below as reference}
4-6 eggs are about day 8-10 -ish?
The rest (5-7 eggs) appears to be approx day 13 plus from the comparison the the pictures from this thread link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-pics-progression-though-incubation.261876/

I have a large dog crate all setup & prep'd for the silkies to setup and hatch their eggs in the crate. From Allen's advice I'm willing to split them up and put one of the girls with the eggs that are furthest along in the crate in the next few days.

There are a few oddities to acknowledge here as well:
1) one egg is from an Americana that had layer it one day in the run and as it was still warm but, dry I put it in the silkie nest thinging I'd get it that night and well. That didn't happen. I had the kiddos getting the eggs and taking care of food & water while I took care of dinner etc.... So the Americana egg is visibly at the most developed stage too.
2) it seems "Tina" the frizzle silkie dropped an egg in the last 2-4 days that seems to appear furtilized and it's pic is in my OP thread.

3) if I seperate the hens with the two clutches of eggs by stage of development, I'm worried about where to put "Tina" as the silkies are only 3 in the mini coop setup in the middle of the big run.

4) the silkie male is back in his batchelor pad for being a bit to aggressive for my taste currently (my admitted ignorance here on how much is "the chicken way" and how much is too much for me to hear/see....

Here is my thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkies-tag-teaming-the-2-batches-of-eggs.1379282/

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

i could use some help with my broody hen.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-broody-hen-killed-a-chick-time-sensitive.1379833/

 

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

yay!! my broody hen just hatched a baby!!!

 

[Marans-copper-and-cuckoo]

we have one with a hernia and two died so not including the one with the hernia we have 6