- Nov 30, 2014
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My 1yr old austra has not gone broody, but I don't expect her to, because she's a hatchery bird.
The broody is a Swedish Flower Hen. The rooster is a Salmon Faverolles. So far she's hatched: 2 lavender Ameraucana, 1 Basque, 1 blue-egg bearded EE, 1 SFH and 1 SF (I think this was a stolen egg). There are 2 more SF eggs under her. One is cold and I think not viable. The other has pipped and is still moving and peeping.
ETA: based on looks and timing, I'm 90% sure the black chicks are from the Lav Amer. These Favaucana chicks have 5 toes too!
so eciting - my austra whites were hatchery birds and we went away and came back to 2 broody hens and one that had gotten out (we found her dead a couple of days later but she suvived for awhile