Ella2025's Experiment Broody Hen Hatch-A-Long

[ella2025]

Following! Good luck with your broody hatch!

I just had a 26 week old Olive Egger pullet go broody and she successfully hatched 4/5 eggs last week. My first time hatching as well. Kind of stressful but a lot of fun!

Thank you! I'm happy to hear most hatched! Were they pullet eggs or big eggs?

 

[WingItRanch]

Thank you! I'm happy to hear most hatched! Were they pullet eggs or big eggs?

I don't have a rooster so I got hatching eggs from a lady with BCM. They were adult sized eggs. My young mama is doing great, though! She's very attentive.

The only piece of advice I have is .. have a backup plan. Have a brooder on standby in case she abandons the babies (I think that's rare) and a separate pen available in case your other pullets mess with the mama and her babies. I tragically lost one that got pecked by one of my older hens. I ended up having to grab the mom and 3 remaining babies and keeping them in a growout pen instead of main coop. I plan on bringing them back in when the babies are a little bigger and can evade.