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.

 

[ella2025]

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.
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They are ADORABLE!!!! I really hope my hatch ends like this!!!

 

[ella2025]

Here is the Bippy update I almost forgot to post!

I cleaned her coop yesterday and replaced the shavings in her box with straw. She made a cute little nest and is loving the straw. No super random stuff happening to her eggs today FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 6 DAYS OF HER HATCH !!!

I took some hilarious photos.

Next candle is on sunday

 

[GreenJay]

Here is the Bippy update I almost forgot to post!

I cleaned her coop yesterday and replaced the shavings in her box with straw. She made a cute little nest and is loving the straw. No super random stuff happening to her eggs today FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 6 DAYS OF HER HATCH !!!

I took some hilarious photos.

Next candle is on sunday
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she's just too cute! But that face in the second picture!
That's a pretty good pic, maybe submit it in the caption contest?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...n-contest-photo-submission-thread-12.1654999/

I'm jealous, my BR - her name is Dulcé, spanish for sweet or sweets. She is anything BUT sweet she'd be terrifying if she ever went broody!

 

[GreenJay]

Let's grow broody eggs!
go Ginger go!

 

[Beau plus penny]

Unrelated but here is a video of chickens gobbling up tomatoes lol. My channel is blowing up and the videos are getting so many views for some reason hehe

CHICKENNNNNN