Hatching buddy? Set today, due May 18th

[CrazyChickensEverwhere]

7&8 :

I have a first time broody LF Barred Rock sitting on 12 or so eggs...I'll know for sure when I candle on the eighth day, May 5th.

date: May 18th. Nice to have company!!! I'll post pics soon!

Hello!

if you have any questions feel free to ask. Can't wait for the pics​

 

[storminstaffs]

set eggs in my incubator yesterday, hatch on the 19th

I also have 2 broodies, my silkie elena is due the 18th and my chocolate oprington Mallory is due the 15th

here's elena

and here's mallory

Both are first time broodies

 

[empireranch]

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A busy day for you! Broody hens and Royal Weddings! (I assume from your location that you are in the UK?)

 

[storminstaffs]

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A busy day for you! Broody hens and Royal Weddings! (I assume from your location that you are in the UK?)

Yes i am, i watched the wedding this morning too

 

[hokankai]

I feel like I've got chicks coming out of my ears! I've got some under a broody, a dozen MFC being incubated by a friend, some coming from a hatchery (ordered before we got two broodies) and a couple silkie chicks coming from a breeder. Luckily the hatchery chicks are coming the exact day Molly's eggs are due, so I think I'm just going to stick the chicks under her and put the bantams in a brooder.

 

[LeBlackbird]

Here is Zoe

sorry the pics are bad, I lost my good camera

Ok! I'll go away now!!

 

[BooBear]

Gosh, this is the cutest incubating thread. What lovely mamma hens yal have.
I have a dozen Blue Wheaten Ameraucana eggs along with 3 Blue Wyandotte eggs in my Brinsea that are due on May 15th.
Wouldn't ya know it, 3 of my girls decided to be broody for the first time.
Trying to break 2 as we need the eggs. Allowing Mrs. Grumpy to set and when the eggs hatch in the bator, plan to sneak some chicks under her to replace the 3 fake eggs.

 

[7&8]

When I got home this eve, Beautiful was tight on her nest o' eggs. But I saw that she had been up - ate, drank, and left a couple of righteous broody poops! Go, broody mama!

Beautiful:

broody palace:

another view of broody palace:

 

[empireranch]

7&8 - what a lucky broody to have her own private suite! When are your eggs due to hatch?

 

[hokankai]

Are you guys separating your broody? My nests are up off of the ground and I'm considering putting her in a pen on the floor of the coop. None of the other girls have tried to lay in there with her yet, but if she hatches in there they won't be able to get down. What do you guys think?