Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Okay. I come to my BYC friends and ask: How do I get little Xzit to eat and drink? This broody session has left her weak. She’s not her normal perky self. And, how safely long, can eggs go without the broody hen laying on them? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

[fuentemoon]

Okay. I come to my BYC friends and ask: How do I get little Xzit to eat and drink? This broody session has left her weak. She’s not her normal perky self. And, how safely long, can eggs go without the broody hen laying on them? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

With your temps i would think a couple of hours. I remember Shadrach saying one of his left the nest that long. I have to take mine off their nests to eat.

 

[featherhead007]

Okay. I come to my BYC friends and ask: How do I get little Xzit to eat and drink? This broody session has left her weak. She’s not her normal perky self. And, how safely long, can eggs go without the broody hen laying on them? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

She really likes processed sliced ham. But that’s not good for her (it’s not good for me either) so it’s only a little treat. Not a regular food.

 

[featherhead007]

With your temps i would think a couple of hours. I remember Shadrach saying one of his left the nest that long. I have to take mine off their nests to eat.

She’s off the nest, sitting on me at the moment. Her eggs are under the heating pad. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[featherhead007]

With your temps i would think a couple of hours. I remember Shadrach saying one of his left the nest that long. I have to take mine off their nests to eat.

Not only thank you, but she’s attacking her food bowl now (I had to get her off the nest) thanks again!

 

[Kris5902]

Okay. I come to my BYC friends and ask: How do I get little Xzit to eat and drink? This broody session has left her weak. She’s not her normal perky self. And, how safely long, can eggs go without the broody hen laying on them? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Mine leave for up to two hours with no ill effect, and it’s not nearly as warm up here. Yesterday everyone got off for a poo, sip, and snack… and I went to milk Arduinna. Forgot to reopen the doors… boy was I in trouble! It also seems to matter more towards the end of incubation, I’m thinking that might be the last off the nest for two of the girls… they are due early next week. Grey mama gets off her nest every single day until the last three, whereas Goldie and my Barnvelder cross Broody need to be physically removed or they won’t eat or drink and have accidents in the crate

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Okay. I come to my BYC friends and ask: How do I get little Xzit to eat and drink? This broody session has left her weak. She’s not her normal perky self. And, how safely long, can eggs go without the broody hen laying on them? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

First question, is she brooding in the house or out in the coop now? Second question, what day is she on?
Ok, now, going by my girls patterns and routines, the first 2 days they will not come off the nest, and I do not force them off. It is reinforcing that desire to sit. If on day 3 they do not get off I will remove them and not allow them back on until they have drank, pooped and at least got a quick snack. After that they will tend to get off once a day themselves to eat and drink. With Bunny brooding on the couch I would get her off, put her out the back door and when she did all she needed she was back flogging the front door wanting in. Towards the end of incubation they may stay off the eggs a bit longer and it will not harm them. None of my girls will come off the nest after day 18, and I will not remove them. If they were in a incubator it would be time to enter lockdown, and I think the hens know this as well. So that last day they come off, they gorge themselves, dust bath for a extended period getting ready for the hatch. I try to offer them water and a little bit of food throughout the whole process while they are on the nest. Some will drink and eat, others will not touch it until they come off the eggs for their break. As far as candling goes, you said they were dark eggs. I would not try then until around day 16ish. I candle at night with the lights off and a dark blanket over me. on those dark eggs by then, good ones will be black with only the air cell visible. A bad egg by then will light up like a Christmas tree.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Oh I forgot, as far as feeding the broody mommas, if all else fails none of them turn down a can of wet cat food.

 

[featherhead007]

First question, is she brooding in the house or out in the coop now? Second question, what day is she on?
Ok, now, going by my girls patterns and routines, the first 2 days they will not come off the nest, and I do not force them off. It is reinforcing that desire to sit. If on day 3 they do not get off I will remove them and not allow them back on until they have drank, pooped and at least got a quick snack. After that they will tend to get off once a day themselves to eat and drink. With Bunny brooding on the couch I would get her off, put her out the back door and when she did all she needed she was back flogging the front door wanting in. Towards the end of incubation they may stay off the eggs a bit longer and it will not harm them. None of my girls will come off the nest after day 18, and I will not remove them. If they were in a incubator it would be time to enter lockdown, and I think the hens know this as well. So that last day they come off, they gorge themselves, dust bath for a extended period getting ready for the hatch. I try to offer them water and a little bit of food throughout the whole process while they are on the nest. Some will drink and eat, others will not touch it until they come off the eggs for their break. As far as candling goes, you said they were dark eggs. I would not try then until around day 16ish. I candle at night with the lights off and a dark blanket over me. on those dark eggs by then, good ones will be black with only the air cell visible. A bad egg by then will light up like a Christmas tree.

I printed this post. Thank you

 

[featherhead007]

Oh I forgot, as far as feeding the broody mommas, if all else fails none of them turn down a can of wet cat food.

She’s a house broody (and she keeps me company) she likes YouTube videos, like Jaffar does.