calling any one from missouri

[jthornton]

We're getting some light rain ATM, great for the plants and knocking down the dust on the road. We maybe got 1/4" last night, still too dark to see the rain gauge clearly.

JT

 

[chiknGeek]

We got about a quarter inch of rain in 30 min, then nothing for the rest of the day. Hoping we get more rain tomorrow.

 

[SueT]

I am pleased to announce that I finally have a hen gone broody! Last summer was filled with broodies, all of which I didn’t want, off to broody jail they went, one after another. I decided that this summer I would give this one some eggs, this is Violetta, mother of our rooster Jude. I was waiting for her to be broody. I gave her 4 eggs yesterday, eggs from the half Spitzhauben hens. So they will be 3/4 Spitzhauben, 1/4 Sebright.

 

[jthornton]

Victoria decided to go broody yesterday and I pulled her off the nest last night and put her on the roost only to find her back in the nest this morning. So I pulled her off the empty nest this morning just before sunrise and after a bit when the door opened she had forgot about being broody.

JT

 

[chiknGeek]

I've got a broody raising 3 chicks right now. It's my favorite way to do chicks.

I have had 6 hens going broody at various times this year, which can be a little much. My spitzhauben hen has decided SHE is broody now. I never thought it would happen to her.

My silkies and one marans are perpetually broody.

 

[SueT]

I've got a broody raising 3 chicks right now. It's my favorite way to do chicks.

Yes, me too. I really believe that it’s best for chicks to imprint on a mama hen, and not on humans. ESPECIALLY cockerels. I think the majority of rooster aggression issues may come from having imprinted on humans. IMHO—if anyone has experienced otherwise, I am open to changing my mind!
So this is why I waited and waited for a broody this year. I need an understudy for the rooster…..and want him raised by a hen within the flock. And I’ll keep any pullets, but only 1 boy. We have 4 eggs incubating under the hen.

 

[1cock2hens]

I have a guinea hen with 4 chicks she hatched, a hen with 6 she hatched and at least 1 more hen on eggs (she's on 12 so we will see). Hoping for a couple more. The hens are saipan, Dominique, miniature American gamefowl, standard American gamefowl. The chicks are even more mixed with some having Easter Egger as a father and a few with brahma as mothers.

 

[chiknGeek]

@SueT I agree that cockerels are best raised in a flock. You need chickens to teach them proper chicken manners.

 

[1cock2hens]

The only rooster I have that wasn't raised in my flock is a huge bully and will probably be culled in the next few days

 

[chiknGeek]

The only rooster I have that wasn't raised in my flock is a huge bully and will probably be culled in the next few days

He will make delicious chicken enchiladas.