Broody Hen Thread!

[PD-Riverman]

Thanks

Irishsilkie, you were ask the question below, but did not answer it. In order to try to give you the best help/advice we need all the info we can get. I wish you Luck!!

Was the hen the mother?

 

[PD-Riverman]

Instead of obediently heading for the coop when I got behind him (he habitually is the last bird in at night) he started putting his head down, ruffling his hackles and sidestep around me. If I stepped towards him he would step up the aggressive posturing. If I tried to nudge him towards the coop, that's when he would come flying at me.


He is really nice to the hens, respectful of the other roosters. It's me he has issues with, LOL

No Way would I keep him---to many Good Roosters you can find out there. You better catch him at night and trim his spurs if you are going to keep him---Those things can go through boots and into your legs and put you on crutches for a couple days----(ask me how I know). A Big Pot will take the Toughness out of him----Sorry!

 

[nchls school]

No Way would I keep him---to many Good Roosters you can find out there. You better catch him at night and trim his spurs if you are going to keep him---Those things can go through boots and into your legs and put you on crutches for a couple days----(ask me how I know). A Big Pot will take the Toughness out of him----Sorry!

X 2. I got rid of two in the last six months because of the over the top aggressiveness. And I have several others that are gentle and nonaggressive.

 

[microchick]

No Way would I keep him---to many Good Roosters you can find out there. You better catch him at night and trim his spurs if you are going to keep him---Those things can go through boots and into your legs and put you on crutches for a couple days----(ask me how I know). A Big Pot will take the Toughness out of him----Sorry!

Yep, he's already done that, I'm sorry to say. He went through my muck boots two nights ago and I have shallow puncture wounds in my foot that I'm doctoring right now. As tough as those muck boots are I was very surprised that he managed to puncture them and my foot. Is my foot sore? You bet! It reminded me that my tenus booster is due this year.

I had hopes of using him to breed some black chicks for me or some black/gold crosses. That hope is pretty much gone now. Won't risk passing on those genes.

Irishsilkie, I feel for your poor baby. One of my 8 wk olds took a direct hit from one of my Welsummer hens and lost most of the skin and feathers on the back of her neck. I cleaned the wound, cut off the dead skin as it dried and kept it covered with blue kote. I also put a little spray of blue kote on the necks of her brood mates so everyone looked the same. She healed beautifully and only has a small skin tag from the flap wound that I couldn't get trimmed off to show for her trauma.

They heal amazingly well.

 

[crealbilly]

Has she abondoned these three eggs?

 

[nchls school]

Has she abondoned these three eggs?

How many eggs does she have? If there's too many she will give up on trying to cover all of them. I do not think a hen would abandon eggs in this way.

 

[crealbilly]

How many eggs does she have? If there's too many she will give up on trying to cover all of them. I do not think a hen would abandon eggs in this way.

Best I could tell last week there were atleast 7. The spot where she is at is very warm. It's in the rafters and there is nothing but a tin roof there. It's sunny out today so it's good and warm up there.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Best I could tell last week there were atleast 7

If she is not due to hatch----why not tilt her so you can count all the eggs??? Do other hens lay eggs in her nest now? If so being you are not looking under her---you have not been removing the fresh layed eggs daily??

 

[James Beller]

Has she abondoned these three eggs?

I would say not normally they will completely remove the egg from the nest.

 

[James Beller]

Hey i have herd what makes domestic chickens domestic is that they do not have the erge to hide eggs and hatch them out and raise them. But my little banny mix will go to the ends of the earth to hide her her eggs and her nest. She makes a clutch then hatches them out. We will look every ware but the only way we know she is and has not gotten eaten is wait 21 days and then see her roming around with chicks. Sometimes we find her in a spot we cant reach and just leave her but she abandons the nest anyway.