Broody hen won’t except baby chicks once she sees them!!!

[Everharts13]

I have a broody hen who has been sitting on eggs from about 25 days they were undeveloped or dead not sure what happened it is her first time being broody and she is a year old , I got 8 day old chicks from a farm and put them under her at first she seemed happy until hey came out from under her and she started pecking them so I took them out and tried again last night at dark and she slept all night with them under her and I checked multiple times they were still under her and she seemed content, however once she sees them she seems to get upset and pecks them should I just not attempt anymore? She still wants to sit on eggs though!

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Oh my gosh I hope that won’t happen with me!!?? If I where you I would just raise them myself and let her do her weird broody thing lol

 

[Everharts13]

Update: she is up walking with them and drinking and eating with them and purring I had to get to work my son and husband are keeping an eye on them for me.

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Update: she is up walking with them and drinking and eating with them and purring I had to get to work my son and husband are keeping an eye on them for me.

oh great!!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining and us and fingers crossed momma remains happy with her new chicks

 

[N F C]

Maybe not all hens are cut out for motherhood, like some people? It sounds like your hen has decided to be a mother after all. That's great!

Thanks for joining us, it's nice to have you here!

 

[Farmer76]

better call chickie protective services! you got yourself a deadbeat mom on your hands! haha they can walk you through filing for chickie support

 

[Everharts13]

So far so good, she’s letting them get warm under her how long should I keep them isolated from the flock I have guineas and a few bratty hens I have them in a dog box inside a stall with the door and is there a chance she will still reject them once she is being nice or can I breath a little now? it’s my first time and her first time and the eggs she was sitting on were fertile but something went wrong and they were dead someone said could of been the change in pressure from a lot of bad storms that came through others said from the humidity. Not sure. Thanks for advise, I’m so thankful for this site!!!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Update: she is up walking with them and drinking and eating with them and purring I had to get to work my son and husband are keeping an eye on them for me.

As baby chicks have to be imprinted on their mama the mama has to be imprinted on her own chicks.

Everything in a chickens' life is controlled by instinct and nothing in a chickens' life is controlled by logic.

 

[aart]

So far so good, she’s letting them get warm under her how long should I keep them isolated from the flock I have guineas and a few bratty hens I have them in a dog box inside a stall with the door and is there a chance she will still reject them once she is being nice or can I breath a little now?

She'll probably be good with them now, you can breathe a bit.
Is she, and has she been, within sight of the flock?
That can help everyone get used to the new situation and the broody sitting within sight of the flock keeps her 'part of the flock' better than being out of sight.

I get them back into the flock around a week after hatch, the broody may have to battle for her place in the order but that' usually not to bad unless she was low hen before or has been completely isolated during her incubation setting. the chicks are not usually in danger but good for them to be able to retreat to the safety of the nest in the dog crate.