Broody Hen Thread!

[rarely bored]

Blue!!! Jealous! Major jealous! Currently have blue/black/splash in the incubator (shipped eggs) and I'm soo hoping for a lot of blues. Something about that color is just wow!
Pictures!! please.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

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I'll try to take some good ones tomorrow.!!

 

[FarmerBoy24]

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Stupid me its not BLUE

I have a bluish tarp over the broodies coop, and wen I picked up the chick, it looked kinda blue because of the sun shining through the tarp. DARN

 

[rarely bored]

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awww, how disappointing. I could so see myself doing that! Maybe the next one will be blue.

You can still post pictures though.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

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awww, how disappointing. I could so see myself doing that! Maybe the next one will be blue.

You can still post pictures though.

Yea. lol But nope I don't think its a blue. I'm not sure yet because it still has it's down.

 

[cackler]

hokankai - Thanks for the info - that makes sense. I will have to attempt that with my next Guinea nest locating adventure which should be occurring fairly soon by the looks of my paired-up guineas.

My BO will surely still be broody as she's been broody going on like forEVER now.

 

[Lifesong Farm]

Uh ohhhh!


I put a two week old refrigerated egg under my broody as a test egg and to help keep her broody till my shipped eggs arrive this coming week. It should have been a dud but its developing!! I don't remember the day I stuck it under her so I am going to risk it in the bator with the 20+ eggs I will be setting tomorrow. We shall see how it hatches.

 

[wsdareme]

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I've had that happen -- I was in a hurry to fill my incubator the first time and had to grab an egg that had been in the refrigerator. It hatched and grew up to be a normal chicken! I hope your timing won't be a problem. Can't hurt to give it a try.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

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I've had that happen -- I was in a hurry to fill my incubator the first time and had to grab an egg that had been in the refrigerator. It hatched and grew up to be a normal chicken! I hope your timing won't be a problem. Can't hurt to give it a try.

how long has it been refrigerated.

 

[Lifesong Farm]

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I've had that happen -- I was in a hurry to fill my incubator the first time and had to grab an egg that had been in the refrigerator. It hatched and grew up to be a normal chicken! I hope your timing won't be a problem. Can't hurt to give it a try.

how long has it been refrigerated.

Ir was in the fridge for two weeks. So far it has been under the hen for about 1 week. I figured it was old enough it wouldn't develope. LOL oh well. It will just have to be a single chick for a few weeks. I did pull 3 eggs out of the fridge that had been in for a couple days to add to my hatch. I have hatched eggs I pulled out of the fridge before so I figured I would add to it by doing that again.

I will get some new pics up of my broody with the babies today or tomorrow. I kidnapped three pullets and sold them yesterday and added two turkey poults to her brood.