I have a broody hen!!!!!

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I gave her the eggs I think on March 10th. So they're due at the end of this month!!!! Right around Easter, too!
She is setting on 2 green eggs from my blue EE hen, " Julia ", and then she is setting on 1 Buff Orpington egg and 1 bantam egg. She is in a hutch right now all by herself, she is the best little mommy. She is in a wooden nesting box filled with hay, that way the eggs won't roll out and everything. She hardly ever gets up but I'm sure she does with out me knowing it, though. So keep your fingers crossed for me.

Oh, I have a question: Does the egg get heavier when the chick starts to develope? Will it shake or anything?
Oops, I forgot the PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Settler'sDreamFarm]

How exciting! Good luck!
I have a broody silkie sitting on five eggs right now, they are due to hatch March 30th!
I cant wait

Here is a link to the thread :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=310824

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

That's so cool! We have chicks hatching around the same time!!! I think mine are due the 29th and the 30th.

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

Ugggg, will you guys PUHLEEEEESE send me some broody vibes?!?! Of course, I'm doing everything you shouldn't do when you want a broody (ie always thinking about it, checking out every thread with the word "broody" in the title, planning which eggs to give them, etc, etc). Cute, cute picture!! Can't wait to see the lil buggers when they hatch!!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Here is a broody vibes for you: ...

She is so nice, she doesn't peck me or anything if I wonna look at her eggs or if I wonna pet her etc.

 

[neuchicontheblock]

Despite all my reading here, I cannot make the connection between a broody hen and having chicks. (I know...) I have hens who sit on multiple eggs but not all day, but every day in the nesting boxes. If I want chickes, should I leave the eggs there? I remove them for us to use. What should I do to make it a living chick the usual way? (Iam so embarrassed to ask this question

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I wouldn't leave "real" eggs in their nesting boxes, but I would leave "Fake" eggs in there and maybe they'd get the idea. You can use plastic eggs or golf balls or even ROCKS!!!

 

[crazyhen]

Unless a hens hormones kick in there will be no broody. You will know when they do. They will go into a trance state on the eggs. Some will be aggressive others won't but beleive me you will know. They are their own little hormone factories and we can not influence that. Some kinds of hens have the broodiness bred out of then others can be very broody. My buff orpington is a year old and broody. I have a blue orp that was not that old when she went broody. Its acc. to the particular hen. Gloria Jean

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Alot of my Buff Orpington hens will stay in the nest all day then move ....

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Day 15.