Hatching with 2 broodies

[ShelbyCoral]

@Teila he is in a little bit of shock but not to bad. I will keep him with me. He is eating, I gave him meal worms when we were at the barn. I've had many fox attacks but nothing like this. This fox got desperate for my chickens. I'm just happy I have him in my arm and that he is sleeping. I was crying so hard. I spoil this rooster more than my hens. He means allot to me.I may be injured from the car accident but don't mess with my family. I get super powers like running. XD never ran so fast before. Like I kept up with the fox.

 

[Teila]

That's good news SC, lots of love and rest for him! I guess just be careful that he does not get too hot.

As I said, I know nothing about shock in chickens, but keep a close eye on him. I have read that sometimes if something is in shock, sleeping is not good as the combination of sleep and the shock can cause their system to shut down. Make sure he is breathing OK and yes, while he definitely needs some rest, do not let him go into too deep of a sleep; maybe keeping talking to him and encouraging him while he rests.

 

[Teila]

@Teila he is in a little bit of shock but not to bad. I will keep him with me. He is eating, I gave him meal worms when we were at the barn. I've had many fox attacks but nothing like this. This fox got desperate for my chickens. I'm just happy I have him in my arm and that he is sleeping. I was crying so hard. I spoil this rooster more than my hens. He means allot to me.I may be injured from the car accident but don't mess with my family. I get super powers like running. XD never ran so fast before. Like I kept up with the fox.

You go girl! You are a wonderful chicken mum and I have tears in my eyes as I type this! You did a wonderful thing today

 

[ShelbyCoral]

Thanks everyone. I am giving him Gatorade now.

 

[missnu01]

The pecking orders are funny. I took my 2 boys out, the brothers Rocky II and Blacky. They were being constant twerps in the morning and i got sick of watching it. So chucked em in by themselves..... Well Blacky decides that he just has to try and break out and cuts his comb to shreds on a bit of wire poking out the back of the door....... Bugger me blood everywhere. So i fixed that and moved em to a different coop and run (so glad i have several options) where they can see everyone better. Blacky's comb seems to be healing ok and they have calmed down a bit now and loving finding treats for each other.... And Rocky, the dad, through the fence lol silly young boys.


The main flock is a lot calmer now and the young ones are getting used to the step on feeders i have for them now, without being harassed constantly. So 2 left in there, Stripey the young Plymouth Rock and Rambo. 2 young brothers Orpingtons by themselves and Rocky the dad with his 5 girls.


New coop on the way to make it 6 areas (coop and run) I'll have lols. I'm going to split of Stripey and put him with some girls when he matures, including Wilma the other Plymouth i have. So really want to get some of those eggs hatching when Stripey works out how to do it. Until,then she can stay with Rambo so we she starts laying we will hatch those and see what type of birds they turn into. Fun times soon

wow that coop set up sounds like a dream! I cannot wait to have 6 coops hahaha

well I won't lie...I've thought about robbing some place and getting one of those video cat collars and attaching it around her midsection. At this point I would tape a Tom Tom to her back...lol. Surely it of she hatches chick's they will follow her around because if she is such a terrible mother she leaves day Olds all alone in the woods I will just get rid of her. Can't have such an inept mother sneaking off to have chicks whenever she feels like it.

Last year she had some issues with the hatching part, but the single chick that hatched out of 16 eggs (2 tries of 8 between 2 hens. Each getting 8) her and her sister managed to hatch one chick out of a combined 32 eggs... but something was stealing the eggs out from under them.. which is why I think she decided to set in the woods this year... but surely if something will rob eggs from the coop they will rob eggs from a nest in the woods..but she is perfectly shaded and patterned to disappear here. Thus how she's spent at least close to 3 weeks if not longer without going missing. Everyday she comes takes a really gross poo, dustbathes, and eats then disappears again so she's got to he well hidden... either way I know for a fact she will set on nothing until a chick pops out...I mean her and her sister sat last year for around 11 weeks... so she won't give up, ever... and that worries me. Because if something did eat the eggs she won't just consider it a wash and come home..maybe I could trap her in the dog crate and give her a couple eggs to set...that way I can watch her. Heck I would stuff stuff the dog crate in the woods if that would make her more comfortable... I just want something I can securely close her in whilst she is trying to set eggs... because she might be awful at it. She seems to be doing a good job so far, I say that because on days that are a little chilly, 65-70 we don't see her, but on hot days she comes down during the hottest part of the day which I would think is for her to take a break and also to keep the eggs from overheating, or she feels comfortable leaving the nest only when it is really hot outside...

omg haha you crack me up taping a tom tom to her! she sounds like a good mama she knows how to use  her camouflage to her advantage. I really hope you find her soon. is she staying outdoors all night too? how cold does it get there? I had just theorized that I would need to move my broody into the coop every night, but your girl is staying outside so that makes me wonder.....

 
Oh look, I have gone from 'Overrun with Chickens' to 'Chicken Obsessed' on my profile .. how appropriate! 

congrats Teila!

she does stay out all night long. I didn't see her today, so maybe the chick's were hatching today and I'll see her tomorrow... I feel confident in her abilities to stay alive At this point. This time of year our over night lows are usually high 40s at the low end and mid sixties on the high. So no problem there. I don't see her on chilly days and on hot days she comes down for the hottest part of the day. So she knows what she is doing, but she is a terribly dedicated broody... and I just know if the eggs don't hatch she will keep setting anyway... and who knows how long she will be out there...so either she comes back very soon with chicks, or I catch her and don't let her go back to the woods. I worry that as soon as she got out again she would go back to the woods though. That is what started this whole mess. She started hiding her eggs, then my other hens were laying wherever she was laying, so I started leaving them cooped until later in the day and I had gotten my eggs... but she still wouldn't lay in the coop and she would squawk and squawk and I would feel bad and let her out... and she would shoot off like a rocket into the great wooded wilderness... then the next day I told myself I would be determined and keep her penned until she laid.. so when the other chickens had and she hadn't, I caught her and penned her in the section of our coop reserved for newly fully feathered younglings...but even kept yelling and yelling and yelling...so finally I gave up and let her out, but then she was wise and didn't go back to the coop that night...but that morning when I came out she was all frantic around the door into the coop, but she didn't come back to the coop that night either... so on and so forth... so it's just a waiting game now. Me and the hen...The hen and me...

 

[ShelbyCoral]

Lol he really likes purple Gatorade. We are feeding him raspberries. He seems happy but still in shock, obviously.

 

[missnu01]

Well if he's eating and drinking drinking he isn't in shock...so that's a huge plus

 

[ShelbyCoral]

Okay great. I did feed him meal worms right after it happened so he wouldn't stay in shock. I knew he was in shock. But he is a tough boy! I just woke up with him on my chest with his face all snuggled up next tO my nose. It was so cute!!! He tried to crow but that didn't work out well... it helps when he can hear other roosters crowing outside. encouraging him to crow. Soon he will be up on his feet and back into the coop!

 

[missnu01]

Our dog grabbed one of our peking ducks last year and we thought the duck was surely dead. All lump laying on the ground not moving. Went out to dispose of him and he was already up and in the pen. Sometimes when poultry get really scared I don't know if they faint or play dead, but either way it makes them less fun as toys, so it helps a little. But if he's eating and drinking you're good. He was just scared

 

[Farmer Viola]

she does stay out all night long. I didn't see her today, so maybe the chick's were hatching today and I'll see her tomorrow... I feel confident in her abilities to stay alive At this point. This time of year our over night lows are usually high 40s at the low end and mid sixties on the high. So no problem there. I don't see her on chilly days and on hot days she comes down for the hottest part of the day. So she knows what she is doing, but she is a terribly dedicated broody... and I just know if the eggs don't hatch she will keep setting anyway... and who knows how long she will be out there...so either she comes back very soon with chicks, or I catch her and don't let her go back to the woods. I worry that as soon as she got out again she would go back to the woods though. That is what started this whole mess. She started hiding her eggs, then my other hens were laying wherever she was laying, so I started leaving them cooped until later in the day and I had gotten my eggs... but she still wouldn't lay in the coop and she would squawk and squawk and I would feel bad and let her out... and she would shoot off like a rocket into the great wooded wilderness... then the next day I told myself I would be determined and keep her penned until she laid.. so when the other chickens had and she hadn't, I caught her and penned her in the section of our coop reserved for newly fully feathered younglings...but even kept yelling and yelling and yelling...so finally I gave up and let her out, but then she was wise and didn't go back to the coop that night...but that morning when I came out she was all frantic around the door into the coop, but she didn't come back to the coop that night either... so on and so forth... so it's just a waiting game now. Me and the hen...The hen and me...

haha this cracked me up MN! she sounds like a very smart hen, too smart for her own good. I really hope she emerges with a trail of fluffballs in tow very soon