Broody Hen Thread!

[frizzylizzy2003]

chooks get wormed? um we might have a problem then - im new to this so what do i use to worm her?

 

[frizzylizzy2003]

She is probably not going to put on any weight now that she is broody. Feed her some higher protien feed. When is the last time you wormed her---and what did you use?? If I have just one hen that seem to be to thin---I separate her from the rest and worm her---If all the ones in that pen seem thin---I worm all of them and just discard the eggs for a couple weeks or hatch then(according to the breed). If she has tape worms---they can get her down so bad she will die. A tape worm can drink Wazine for breakfast---it want touch a tape worm.

what could i use to worm her also where could i put her - the dog crate is big about 1 1/2 m long and 1/2m tall

 

[chickbrad24]

what could i use to worm her also where could i put her - the dog crate is big about 1 1/2 m long and 1/2m tall

I would take PD-Rivermans advice a dog crate will work. And you can deworm her with Wazine. you could find it online or maybe your local feed store.

 

[frizzylizzy2003]

also PD-Riverman you r scaring me about the whole she might die thing

 

[frizzylizzy2003]

ok thx

 

[frizzylizzy2003]

I would take PD-Rivermans advice a dog crate will work. And you can deworm her with Wazine. you could find it online or maybe your local feed store.

and pd-riverman
so give her wazine?

 

[chickengeorgeto]

help my broody hen lost heaps of weight over the 5 weeks she has been broody now shes got fertile eggs under her so how can i get her weight up?

5 weeks is 35 days, and it sounds like she still has 21 days to go for a total time close to 60 days. This is far far longer than the time Mother Nature, or Mother Nurture even intended for a hen to hover a clutch of eggs.

Everything may work out ok but I think that she will windup quitting the nest in a desperate attempt to save her own life. There is nothing that I am aware of that will make a setting hen eat if she is determined to hatch chicks or die trying. Good luck.

 

[frizzylizzy2003]

5 weeks is 35 days, and it sounds like she still has 21 days to go for a total time close to 60 days. This is far far longer than the time Mother Nature, or Mother Nurture even intended for a hen to hover a clutch of eggs.

Everything may work out ok but I think that she will windup quitting the nest in a desperate attempt to save her own life. There is nothing that I am aware of that will make a setting hen eat if she is determined to hatch chicks or die trying. Good luck.

thanks - she is eating at the moment i put a bowl of veggies and wheat infront of her plus some sardines and she seems ok also it might have only been 3 weeks but im unsure so now im officially worried that she might die

fingers crossed she makes it - im making a thread to get more help aswell so ill put the link in this subscription

nothing can describe how worried the truth has made me

 

[frizzylizzy2003]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/972594/broody-hen-help

 

[Lady of McCamley]

What would you do? Got twelve shipped eggs today? Most on first candle had decent looking air cells. One had a pretty slushy air cell. I have a broody. Thought I would put three under her and nine in the incubator. But I could put all under her or all in incubator till
lockdown. If I split them would you put the best looking air cells under the broody? How important do you think it is to incubate shipped eggs standing up rather than lying down?

Someone may have answered this as I did not read the 33 posts since I was on here, what yesterday?

It depends on how good your incubator and incubating skills are.

Mine are lousy...the hen is the one that knows what she is doing...so I put the best under her, as much as she can reasonably hold, then put the rest in the incubator.

I candle at day 5 to assess, then at day 10 to assess. Definitely by day 10 I am giving her the best developing and leaving the "iffy" ones in the incubators. None of my "iffys" have hatched in the incubator (although I have hatched before in them), but the lady does the best job, so I let her do it.

As stated, I'm not the best artificial incubator person, but I think the most important thing is to only set those eggs with good air cells. As to whether up or down in the incubator, that would be whatever you've had best experience with. As to the hen, she lays them flat.

But that's my set up and skills.
LofMc