Broody Hen Thread!

[Jharper]

Give them to her at night then see what she does in the morning. It may work or it may not.

 

[roostersandhens]

would a hen who just hatched out chicks two days ago accept one more from the nest she deserted?
two days ago i went outside and WHOA THERE ARE TWO CHICKS RUNNING AROUND
red star hid her nest, and once those two hatched she deserted her other nest i found. I took those eggs in and put them in the bator, i thought all were dead but one just hatched about thirty seconds ago. Would she take it in? or kill it?

ooh now that is a tough one u could try putting them in her old nest andwatch carfully to make sure it is ok i would stay out there for like 2 or 3 hours. Good Luck!!

 

[roostersandhens]

I'm pretty sure they would still hatch! When my hen went broody for the first time she sat on the eggs for just 2-3 hours on the first day and go sleep on her roost...then the next day she would stay on them for 4-6 hours until she finally slept in her nest on the eggs. Then she started sitting all day! Most hens will leave the nest by them selves! If you pick them up you risk taking them out of being broody! But I have a silkie that wouldn't get up for 2 days so then I took it outside! SO only take hens of the nest forcefully if you know they don't do it themselves otherwise you're just causing them stress!
Good luck with your eggs!

thanks!! i have to take my broody off too she wont she has been sitting thewre for 6 days now they should hatch in about 15 14 13 16 days somewhere around there!!

thanks your reply was helpfull!!

 

[roostersandhens]

does anyone know what an olive egger is?

 

[roostersandhens]

I have a light Sussex sitting on 9 Black Copper Maran eggs that are due to hatch May 5th. This is her first time hatching and mine too so we are very excited to see what we get

not gonna hatch till may 5 dont eggs hatch after 21 days!

 

[Arkansas81]

does anyone know what an olive egger is?

Easter egger that lays green eggs, I have them. I want some that lay blue

 

[roostersandhens]

Easter egger that lays green eggs, I have them. I want some that lay blue

ya i have easter eggers too but is an olive egger the same thing.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

I may be wrong but I believe an olive egger is a Easter Egger that was "made" from a dark brown egg laying hen such as a maran so instead of a pale green you get the dark olive green color. I've only seen pictures but they remind me of the eggs off of Peter Rabbit that old Iron Tail was giving out haha Did I just age myself??

 

[roostersandhens]

to hear a crazy story about a broody hen look under threads started by roosters and hens it has to do with hatching eggs on a couch! hope you like the story!

 

[fisherlady]

not gonna hatch till may 5 dont eggs hatch after 21 days!

If you are referring to the post at the start of this thread I believe it may have been from 2011? This is an ongoing thread, not a recently started one... and yes, the average hatch time is 21 days.