How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[bruceha2000]

Incubation/Brooder area for the mama so the other hens leave her alone. I've only had a broody raise mail order foster chicks but NOTHING messed with her babies and none ever got lost. Only took a couple of weeks with their own food and water before they were eating from the hanging feeder (I lowered it) and the waterer the older girls used. They were let out of the brooder area in the morning when I opened the barn. I think Zorra tired of waiting since one night when they were 2 weeks old she moved them to a nest box 2' off the ground (with an access bar at 18").

 

[Spartan22]

I understand wanting to let broody chickens hatching there own eggs. I did it one time only.
If you have a large coop with a dozen or more chickens, it is not worth the trouble.Losing chicks,and all the extra care to try to feed and water them in a coop is to much for me. Incubator and a brooder is by far the least trouble.Unless you can spend your entire day tending your chickens!

Agree and disagree, I got 5 broodies with babies this spring (first time broodies) hatch time and the first week were the only crucial time to protect and isolate, but it only added 10-15 minutes of my time to feed and water the different broodies with babies with separate mini cubicles, I have 30 layers and 10 chicks, they introduced their chicks to the flock then abandoned them to fend for themselves, integration was a breeze, I didn’t have to make another see ‘em no touch partition. I also have 28 eggs in the incubator right now, so will see how this chicks will do.

 

[karenerwin]

@Spartan22 I agree with you, integration of the chicks to the rest of the flock is a piece of cake!! I much prefer it over introducing brooder raised chicks! Some hens just aren't cut out for the whole motherhood thing. This particular hen loves sitting on eggs, but says "NO THANK YOU!!" to the rest of the process. I usually let them try twice before taking other measures.
I've also noticed the broody chicks have a lot less problem with being picked on even after Mom turns them loose.

Man, it is HOT here today. This morning it was 77 degrees F but with the heat index it felt like 99!! and that was around 10 AM
I think I got 8 eggs again today. There may be a couple more at lock up, we'll see.

 

[Cryss]

4. It was my first egg from my oldest pullet!

Congratulations! My first was just a few months ago. Now I have 4laying and 2 more should start in a few weeks. It's still eggciting.

 

[pennyJo1960]

appear to have 10 major clean out of the coop took about 3 hours girls not all thrilled
tables all one side being a pvc geodesic has challenges have tables out of pallets

 

[Spartan22]

@Spartan22 I agree with you, integration of the chicks to the rest of the flock is a piece of cake!! I much prefer it over introducing brooder raised chicks! Some hens just aren't cut out for the whole motherhood thing. This particular hen loves sitting on eggs, but says "NO THANK YOU!!" to the rest of the process. I usually let them try twice before taking other measures.
I've also noticed the broody chicks have a lot less problem with being picked on even after Mom turns them loose.

Man, it is HOT here today. This morning it was 77 degrees F but with the heat index it felt like 99!! and that was around 10 AM
I think I got 8 eggs again today. There may be a couple more at lock up, we'll see.

Yup, heat index here were showing 104, that was miserable for my hens, specially for broodies. I 2x about the chicks raised by broodies, I never knew it’s that easy, a few of them are already roosting 3-4’ high with some older hens @almost 4 wks. Never happened with my brooder chicks (takes almost few months before they roost together). By the way thanks for mentioning Pendesenca last year, I got one and becoming one my fave hen aside from Black Copper Marans, but are they normally flightier chicken?

 

[Spartan22]

22 Eggs Today and a hot Saturday

 

[Cryss]

Forgot to say, yesterday only 1 of four. Very odd. Day before that was 3 of 4, day before that was 1 of four. Just seems a weird pattern.

 

[Spartan22]

Forgot to say, yesterday only 1 of four. Very odd. Day before that was 3 of 4, day before that was 1 of four. Just seems a weird pattern.

Time to add more layers or chicks, LOL. You know when I first thought of having chickens, I only want 2-3 and here I am with over 20 layers.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Time to add more layers or chicks, LOL. You know when I first thought of having chickens, I only want 2-3 and here I am with over 20 layers.

ditto here what happened