Broody Hen Thread!

[ChickyChickens]

Yep Barn Yard Mix are Pretty. But people turn their nose up at the Auctions when Mixed Chicks go across the Auction Block---Being I sell I do not want Mixed. Having more pens is Nice but creates more work with everyone you add. I Know because I have added and added now I am up to 57 pens--besides the Hatching pens the pens range in size from 50sqft to 1 acre in size.

WOW that is a lot of pens!! Yeah...but I don't breed...and here by me the BYM is a very popular bird!! I would have let me say 200 chicks and they would go in maybe 2 hours....

 

[mymilliefleur]

Yep Barn Yard Mix are Pretty. But people turn their nose up at the Auctions when Mixed Chicks go across the Auction Block---Being I sell I do not want Mixed. Having more pens is Nice but creates more work with everyone you add. I Know because I have added and added now I am up to 57 pens--besides the Hatching pens the pens range in size from 50sqft to 1 acre in size.

Thats a lot of pens!! I'm glad I put all my birds together at the end of the season.

 

[ChickyChickens]

Thats a lot of pens!! I'm glad I put all my birds together at the end of the season.

me too!!

 

[mymilliefleur]

me too!!

How are your chicks progressing?

 

[ChickyChickens]

How are your chicks progressing?

They are doing well!! There are now 3/6 eggs hatched!!! Sorry if I said 7 eggs earlier on...I miscounted...

One of the remaining eggs has pipped and the other 2 haven't but they are rolling and I can hear cheeping coming from them!!

 

[mymilliefleur]

They are doing well!! There are now 3/6 eggs hatched!!! Sorry if I said 7 eggs earlier on...I miscounted...

One of the remaining eggs has pipped and the other 2 haven't but they are rolling and I can hear cheeping coming from them!!

Good!! I hope they all survive!

 

[MelissaZeno]

Will hens go broody in the winter time? It has been very cold.

 

[mymilliefleur]

Will hens go broody in the winter time? It has been very cold.

Some will. I have had a couple that have gone broody in the middle of January. the cold didn't seem to stop them.

 

[MelissaZeno]

Thank you. This is my first flock so I am unsure of what to expect from them, So far they are amazing and follow me around outside, when I go to the mailbox I have to give them treats so they don't follow me to the road.

 

[Jynuine]

WE HAVE OUR FIRST CHICK!
Jade is still sitting on the nest though... which is good, but when will she get up with the chicky and how will the chick eat? We have them in a brooder (nursery) with food and water and a heat lamp up above it.