I think I have a broody!

[cherrynberry]

If she’s broody, nothing will keep her from returning to her nest. Give her 30-40’ and follow her.

Yep spy on her!

 

[cherrynberry]

Very. 15 acres though the chickens dont use all of them.

How many eggs/chickens do you have and get per day?

 

[cherrynberry]

Very. 15 acres though the chickens dont use all of them.
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What other animals do you have? or is it just chickens.../

 

[ackie]

If she’s broody, nothing will keep her from returning to her nest. Give her 30-40’ and follow her.

I will tomorrow.

If she was one of my known mamas, I would agree that theres no way to knock her off, but I've moved a hen and her nest before and she immediately abandoned it, so I'm a little more cautious with the unvetted ones.

 

[SulkyBantam]

Following... keep us posted please!

 

[ackie]

The hens probably do think they're lucky lol but they are much more at risk to predators if they are broody somewhere unsafe. Just because I can't find her doesnt mean a coyote cant, or whatever ate the heads of a couple of my birds last month. Or even a house cat with nab day old chicks. This is why I'm attached to my flock as a whole but not many individual birds. Theres only maybe 5 I'd be outright upset about losing in a sentimental way.


We have dogs, cats, peafowl, chickens and horses. And rehabbing squirrels at the moment.

I have... a zillion chickens. Maybe 40. That's my best guess right now. And I get 1 egg a day starting like 8 days ago, and the month before that none, and then for a few months before that I was getting one egg more days than not, but that hen got murdered.

The majority of my flock is pullets with teeny pale combs so probably not laying yet.

 

[ackie]

I just checked the combs of all the pullets that sleep in the coop, and yeah, i dont think they're laying

I saw the broody yesterday but lost track of her in a group of chickens hahah.

Didnt see her today.

So, no update but no bad news either hah.

 

[ackie]

Didnt see the broody for a couple days but I never know if I'm just out at the wrong time.

Today found this:


I mean that's not how I found her. I found her and 13 day old chicks at the feet of our full-grown horse because the birds like to eat what falls out of the horses mouths. Y'know, not nerve racking at all. *lol*

So I got a bucket, and by then they were on the non-horse side of the fence, and I just picked them off one by one & grabbed her and now they're safe in a brooder.

 

[MarkJr]

Didnt see the broody for a couple days but I never know if I'm just out at the wrong time.

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I mean that's not how I found her. I found her and 13 day old chicks at the feet of our full-grown horse because the birds like to eat what falls out of the horses mouths. Y'know, not nerve racking at all. *lol*

So I got a bucket, and by then they were on the non-horse side of the fence, and I just picked them off one by one & grabbed her and now they're safe in a brooder.

That’s a lot of feet!!!

 

[ackie]

I havent had coffee yet so idk if that's the same hen.