Broody now!

[loiscae]

what to do with broody hen that isnt setting on eggs and we dont have a rooster!!!??? She is 3 weeks now on the nesting box. I get her out twice a day to eat and drink but she goes back.

 

[baltimoreharps]

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Get that girl some fertilized eggs and let her hatch them out!

(Sorry, I'm a chicken enabler.

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Other wise, you are going to have to break her from being broody. You need a wire cage and NO nesting material to put her in, just food and water in with her o that cool air can hit her bottom and breast area for a few days and that will do the trick.
Alo, a good thing to do is to hit the search tab in the blue bar up top and enter "breaking a broody". Great feature here!

ONE day to go for the first broody!!!

 

[CheerfulHeart2]

How to break a broody: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3028739

Or give her some babies...search adopt broody to find info on that.

 

[poultryfan73]

baltimoreharps- One day here as well!! I went out this morning and heard chicks chirping in the eggs!!! The mom is clucking back i cant wait any longer!

 

[poultryfan73]

Its one day early and i already have one out and another one is jsut about out!!! There was another one out but it was dead when i looked under her.

 

[DAFox]

Congrats on the babies hatching!

Dale-Ann

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Sorry to hear about the one that didn't make it. Congrats on the others. I have been waiting on your post. Been watching the thread all day. Good to hear that you have babies. How many eggs left? What breed? How is the mother doing?

 

[poultryfan73]

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Sorry to hear about the one that didn't make it. Congrats on the others. I have been waiting on your post. Been watching the thread all day. Good to hear that you have babies. How many eggs left? What breed? How is the mother doing?

Theres now 2 babies out!!!! They could be a lot of crosses i have a welsummer rooster with BO SLW WL RSL BSL BA RIR. The one baby is pure white and the other is buff colored with a black streak on the back of its head... Its shell was stuck to it so i had to get it off... momma is doing great!

 

[baltimoreharps]

Congrats poultryfan on the hatched ones! And sorry about the one.

Nothing here yet....no peeping or activity, so we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[poultryfan73]

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Both are doing very well! The one is still very drowsy and tired but is drying off.. The first one is very active.