HELP!! 28 degrees rain sleet and snow broody on eggs

[DixieDame67]

two banty broodys sitting on 15 eggs in same nest, i have a 150 watt heat light in coop with heavy cheese cloth over door, should i still bring them inside???

 

[ozark hen]

If they are in a coop and out of drafts they will be perfectly fine. Leave them be. Your weather will change quickly.

 

[DixieDame67]

Thanks Ozark, i have never tried to hatch eggs this early but , i have two little grandsons now, and thought it would be neat for Easter ....and also i have a co worker that is wanting to start her a little backyard flock, so will serve for two purposes

 

[ozark hen]

those hens are keeping them very warm, trust me. they put out a lot of heat. Enjoy and be sure to post pics when they hatch.

 

[shabbyfarm]

If you read this thread, " https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=144137 ", you will see that my coachin hatched out 5 chicks last Tuesday, this was her first time, our first time, and we are in Iowa, and had several very cold days !!!

 

[gabrielle1976]

My friends banty went broody the end of november and sat on and hatched out almost a dozen chicks... I have no idea how they fit she is so small lol ... anyways there was almost 2 feet of snow on the ground and it was very cold and she only lost one baby after hatching..

 

[DixieDame67]

awesome Shabby..........I am so relieved, came home from work and paced around should i bring them in or leave them alone, teehee i don't have a incubator, always just hatched chicks with broodys, btw i have 2 black cochin roosters , i will be keeping one and trying to find the other a home , there adorable but 5 roosters now amoung my chicken familys is WAY to many...this weekend i will have to place an ad.....but to say free im worried someone will want him to toss in the pot,

they are both gorgeous , ill try to include a photo in this post

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[DixieDame67]

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[shelleyd2008]

I had a bantam hen hatch 8 of 8 chicks in December, and they were in a drafty old barn. I now have 3 broodies, same weather here. One of them is outside under the porch (her choice, not mine). I am not worried about her at all. They will keep the eggs very warm with the poofy butts.

 

[DixieDame67]

i know Shelly, lil bantams are the most doting and fierce hens i know of, last summer my success rate of hatching was 24 of the 26 ...total on 3 occasions( setting 8 eggs 3 times) only 2 did not hatch, ....and lost one

it was hatching i had to go to work, came home it was raining and i had roofer guys here, that chick was gone, i with flashlight went over every blade of grass in the yard, even next day i searched for it.....was one of the first upsetting experieces with hatching chicks, had 8 uh teens lol i called them two diffrent nights racoons, pulled 2 of there heads off thru a dog kennel which i with zip ties put chicken wire around....*sigh* ...i set a coon trap with loaded 30-30 at front door , needless to say no prediator problems since i moved the coon family out of my space lol