Broody hen?

[aart]

I have to sell a few hens to hatch some chicks though

How come...not enough space for more birds?
Remember approx. half of those hatched be males...got a plan for that?

 

[quackersandfern]

Here is info on broodiness and how to tell it from other signs. http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/broodiness

 

[bpoore04]

How come...not enough space for more birds?
Remember approx. half of those hatched be males...got a plan for that?

I have room it’s just that I already have 19 hens and I’m getting about 15 eggs a day and I couldn’t handle much more. Can’t get them sold quick enough. I have a cousin who is going to take 6 or 8 though so I’ll hatch 6 or 8 chicks to replace the ones I sell. And yes I have people who could take the roosters if that’s what we hatch out

 

[bpoore04]

Here is info on broodiness and how to tell it from other signs. http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/broodiness

It won’t let me load the website

 

[CoChiChick]

@bpoore04 update?? Did she ever commit to the broodiness?

 

[bpoore04]

@bpoore04 update?? Did she ever commit to the broodiness?

Nope. She still sat every other day for a few more weeks and then she just stopped. I wish she had completely committed though because I wanted to hatch chicks under a hen instead of an incubator. Anyways, an opportunity arose for me to put a few eggs in the incubator so I ended up with 4 chicks. And I had to sell my rooster due to aggressiveness so . Don’t know what I’ll do if she does completely go broody. I guess I’ll just have to break her

 

[bpoore04]

So...... I put 6 eggs under her today. Let’s hope they are all still fertile because I got rid of my cockerel about two weeks ago We shall see if they hatch

 

[aart]

Anyways, an opportunity arose for me to put a few eggs in the incubator so I ended up with 4 chicks.

So you have the chicks in the brooder instead of giving them to the broody?
...or maybe she hadn't 'committed' at that time, but now she has?

So...... I put 6 eggs under her today. Let’s hope they are all still fertile because I got rid of my cockerel about two weeks ago We shall see if they hatch

Two weeks should be good.

 

[bpoore04]

So you have the chicks in the brooder instead of giving them to the broody?
...or maybe she hadn't 'committed' at that time, but now she has?

I have 4 chicks in the brooder yes because someone was hatching eggs so I gave them some of mine to hatch along side theirs.

 

[bpoore04]

And hahahaha hahahaha I just went down there and she was off the nest running around trying to get out of where I had her sectioned off she had me fooled and I had everybody else on here fooled. Sorry guys. Seems like it just takes her the whole day to lay an egg. Man