Broody Hen Thread!

[Halloweengirl13]

My Japanese bantams have been my most regular broodies and Angry Bird will accept older and all babies without fuss....
These are "her" babies

This is the one I put in with her

 

[fisherlady]

Our hens are teaching the Littles to roost, they taught them the ramp to the lower shelf (about 3.5ft from floor) and we did put a box there that they sometimes use, but one of his hens decided they were big enough for the top shelf (an 18" jump up from the lower shelf)

 

[fisherlady]

Oops, bottom pic in previous post is a broody out with her 6.5 week olds...I fat fingered the key board.

 

[fisherlady]

And another hen started to hatch, she has 3 out, but a bunch more eggs to go when we left for an overnight to camp. Will find out how she did tomorrow.

 

[Halloweengirl13]

My Japanese bantams have been my most regular broodies and Angry Bird will accept older and all babies without fuss....
These are "her" babies

This is the one I put in with her

And the rest of them settling in... There is a heat lamp in the pen since most of the ducklings are too big to get under her now...at only 3 days old

*Sorry for the double post, tried to edit and somehow ended up with two separate posts instead of one .

 

[okiecowboy]

my hens hatched eggs out and still very protective of their young after 3 months and wont lay yet how long b4 they will start laying again they are barn yard mix orange buffs should i take the 3 month olds away from the hens or just let them b

 

[csaylorchickens]

This is my broody hen at the moment. I wish she would stop her broodiness! This breed is more broody then I thought faverolles are the sweetest breed but they aren't even a year old yet and I have had two go broody.

 

[csaylorchickens]

And the eggs I let my last hen hatch, 3 out of 4 are roosters!

 

[csaylorchickens]

I made it work! Chicks in mini coop and broody breaker on the side

 

[fisherlady]

my hens hatched eggs out and still very protective of their young after 3 months and wont lay yet how long b4 they will start laying again they are barn yard mix orange buffs should i take the 3 month olds away from the hens or just let them b 

I usually just let them be, though the chicks are certainly old enough to separate if you plan to sell them or if it is of particular interest to get the broody back to egging. I would expect her to be ready to start egging again within a few weeks anyway, unless she is shut down for the season due to low light and molting anyways.